Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 28 July 2035 at 02:55 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1936"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1936" and ∠1890".
Sturgeon Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2035 after 21 days on 19 August 2035 at 01:00.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 3 August 2035 at 17:12
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 10 August 2035 at 21:52
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 19 August 2035 at 01:00
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 26 August 2035 at 09:08
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 439 / 1392
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 439 of Meeus index or 1392 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 12 minutes. It is 1 hour and 36 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 5 hours and 32 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 37 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠9.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠9.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠25.6°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 17 July 2035 at 17:31 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 2 August 2035 at 04:06 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 370 204 km
The Moon is 370 204 km (230 034 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 719 km (224 140 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 23 July 2035 at 13:46 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 August 2035 at 09:20 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 18 July 2035 at 15:35 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.832°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.787° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 August 2035 at 09:14 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 3 August 2035 at 17:12 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.
