Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 47% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 1 September 2029 at 04:33 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at midnight and sets at noon. It is visible to the south in the morning.
Moon in ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1794"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1794" and ∠1902".
Harvest Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2029 after 21 days on 22 September 2029 at 16:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 8 September 2029 at 10:44
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 September 2029 at 01:29
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 22 September 2029 at 16:29
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 30 September 2029 at 20:57
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 366 / 1319
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 366 of Meeus index or 1319 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 366 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 49 minutes. It is 19 minutes longer than next lunation 367 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 14 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠309.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠309.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠331.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 29 August 2029 at 04:45 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 September 2029 at 04:27 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 399 424 km
Moon is 399 424 km (248 191 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 349 km (224 532 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 19 August 2029 at 15:32 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 3 September 2029 at 01:43 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 23:36 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠24.127°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-24.021° in its southern standstill point on 14 September 2029 at 18:54 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 8 September 2029 at 10:44 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.