Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 49% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 1 January 2035 at 10:01 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 in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1812"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1812" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2035 after 22 days on 23 January 2035 at 20:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 9 January 2035 at 15:03
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 17 January 2035 at 04:45
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 23 January 2035 at 20:16
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 31 January 2035 at 06:02
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 432 / 1385
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 432 of Meeus index or 1385 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes. It is 1 hour and 30 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 6 hours and 5 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 58 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠192.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠192.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠220.5°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 24 December 2034 at 10:34 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 5 January 2035 at 18:52 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 395 490 km
The Moon is 395 490 km (245 746 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 976 km (252 262 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 30 December 2034 at 13:10 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 14 January 2035 at 03:01 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 25 December 2034 at 08:20 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.552°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.547° at the point of next southern standstill on 8 January 2035 at 08:12 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 9 January 2035 at 15:03 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
