Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 48% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 48% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 31 January 2035 at 06:02 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1779"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1779" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2035 after 21 days on 22 February 2035 at 08:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 8 February 2035 at 08:22
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 15 February 2035 at 13:17
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 22 February 2035 at 08:54
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 2 March 2035 at 03:01
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 433 / 1386
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 433 of Meeus index or 1386 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.72 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 19 minutes. It is 2 hours and 32 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 35 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 28 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠220.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠220.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠255.7°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 21 January 2035 at 18:05 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 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 2 February 2035 at 12:48 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 403 000 km
The Moon is 403 000 km (250 413 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 000 km (251 655 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 26 January 2035 at 19:11 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 10 February 2035 at 07:03 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
4 days 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
9 days since the previous standstill on 21 January 2035 at 19:52 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.494°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.448° at the point of next southern standstill on 4 February 2035 at 16:35 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 8 February 2035 at 08:22 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
