Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
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 ♋ Cancer.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 2 October 2037 at 10:29 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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1891"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1891" and ∠1918".
Hunter Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2037 after 21 days on 24 October 2037 at 04:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 9 October 2037 at 02:34
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 16 October 2037 at 00:15
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 24 October 2037 at 04:36
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 31 October 2037 at 21:06
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 466 / 1419
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 466 of Meeus index or 1419 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.34 days
Length of current 466 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 9 minutes. It is 1 hour and 20 minutes shorter than next lunation 467 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 35 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 34 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠354.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠354.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠9.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 24 September 2037 at 03:44 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 October 2037 at 13:04 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 379 120 km
Moon is 379 120 km (235 574 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 513 km (222 148 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after its descending node on 19 September 2037 at 02:02 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 3 October 2037 at 15:23 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 13:57 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠21.695°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-21.804° in its southern standstill point on 15 October 2037 at 02:33 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 9 October 2037 at 02:34 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.