Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 46% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 46% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 21 August 2030 at 01:15 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 is entering ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1897".
Harvest Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2030 after 21 days on 11 September 2030 at 21:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 28 August 2030 at 23:07
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 September 2030 at 21:55
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 September 2030 at 21:18
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 19 September 2030 at 19:56
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 378 / 1331
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 378 of Meeus index or 1331 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 56 minutes. It is 1 hour and 9 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠244.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠244.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠279.9°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 22:49. It is 11 days after previous perigee on 9 August 2030 at 22:50 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next perigee on 4 September 2030 at 17:06 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 404 174 km
This apogee Moon is 404 174 km (251 142 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's closest apogee of 2030. It is 1 234 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 123 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 8 August 2030 at 19:44 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 22 August 2030 at 08:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 9 August 2030 at 01:58 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.572°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠22.465° at the point of next northern standstill on 22 August 2030 at 18:22 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 28 August 2030 at 23:07 in ♌ Leo 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.
