Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 45% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 45% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 18 December 2030 at 00:01 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1888"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1888" and ∠1950".
Wolf Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2031 after 21 days on 8 January 2031 at 18:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 24 December 2030 at 17:32
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 31 December 2030 at 13:36
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 8 January 2031 at 18:26
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 16 January 2031 at 12:47
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 382 / 1335
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 382 of Meeus index or 1335 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 46 minutes. It is 13 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 1 hour and 58 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 11 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠349.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠349.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠5.3°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 10 December 2030 at 10:03 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 24 December 2030 at 10:09 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 379 693 km
The Moon is 379 693 km (235 930 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 926 km (221 784 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 9 December 2030 at 01:17 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 December 2030 at 00:54 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 9 December 2030 at 22:37 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.909°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-21.904° at the point of next southern standstill on 23 December 2030 at 18:07 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 24 December 2030 at 17:32 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.
