Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 51% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 51% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 4 April 2040 at 14:06 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1918".
Pink Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2040 after 22 days on 27 April 2040 at 02:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 11 April 2040 at 14:00
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 19 April 2040 at 13:37
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 27 April 2040 at 02:38
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 3 May 2040 at 20:00
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 497 / 1450
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 497 of Meeus index or 1450 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
Length of current 497 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour and 14 minutes shorter than next lunation 498 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 30 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 39 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠53.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠53.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠86°. 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 after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 3 April 2040 at 20:39 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 18 April 2040 at 07:16 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 363 314 km
Moon is 363 314 km (225 753 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 364 km (251 260 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 1 April 2040 at 17:18 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 14 April 2040 at 21:15 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 04:16 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-26.010°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠26.101° in its northern standstill point on 17 April 2040 at 20:06 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 11 April 2040 at 14:00 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.