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
Length of current 369 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 28 minutes. It is 1 hour and 29 minutes shorter than next lunation 370 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 16 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 53 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠3.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠3.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠19.9°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 19 November 2029 at 02:53 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 December 2029 at 10:38 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 371 771 km
Moon is 371 771 km (231 008 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 274 km (223 243 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after its descending node on 23 November 2029 at 08:55 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 6 December 2029 at 09:51 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 22 November 2029 at 17:59 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.573°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.574° in the next southern standstill on 5 December 2029 at 21:50 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 5 December 2029 at 14:52 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.