Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 42% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 42% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 13 December 2033 at 15:28 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 ∠2° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1775"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1775" and ∠1950".
Wolf Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2034 after 21 days on 4 January 2034 at 19:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 21 December 2033 at 18:47
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 29 December 2033 at 00:20
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 4 January 2034 at 19:47
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 12 January 2034 at 13:17
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 419 / 1372
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 419 of Meeus index or 1372 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 7 minutes. It is 1 hour and 52 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 23 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 40 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠217.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠217.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠252°.
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of perigee on 4 December 2033 at 08:06 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 December 2033 at 03:29 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 403 730 km
The Moon is 403 730 km (250 866 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 906 km (251 597 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 1 December 2033 at 23:03 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 15 December 2033 at 02:35 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 7 December 2033 at 04:42 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.469°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.491° at the point of next southern standstill on 21 December 2033 at 14:13 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 21 December 2033 at 18:47 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.
