Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 44% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 44% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 28 November 2029 at 23:48 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1928"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1928" and ∠1946".
Cold Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2029 after 21 days on 20 December 2029 at 22:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 5 December 2029 at 14:52
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 12 December 2029 at 17:49
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 20 December 2029 at 22:46
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 December 2029 at 09:49
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 369 / 1322
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 369 of Meeus index or 1322 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 28 minutes. It is 1 hour and 29 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 16 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 53 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠3.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠3.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠19.9°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 19 November 2029 at 02:53 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 4 December 2029 at 10:38 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 371 771 km
The Moon is 371 771 km (231 008 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 274 km (223 243 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 23 November 2029 at 08:55 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 December 2029 at 09:51 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 22 November 2029 at 17:59 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.573°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.574° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 December 2029 at 21:50 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 5 December 2029 at 14:52 in ♐ Sagittarius the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
