Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 45% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 45% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 11 June 2042 at 01:00 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♈ Aries later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1890".
Buck Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2042 after 21 days on 3 July 2042 at 08:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 17 June 2042 at 19:48
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 25 June 2042 at 11:29
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 3 July 2042 at 08:09
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 10 July 2042 at 05:38
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 524 / 1477
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 524 of Meeus index or 1477 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 524 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 53 minutes. It is 1 hour and 11 minutes shorter than next lunation 525 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 51 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 18 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠33.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠33.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠57.3°. 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
13 days after point of apogee on 29 May 2042 at 07:12 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 13 June 2042 at 22:24 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 363 834 km
Moon is 363 834 km (226 076 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 563 km (228 393 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 31 May 2042 at 00:41 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 13 June 2042 at 12:16 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 5 June 2042 at 11:37 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.094°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.070° in the next northern standstill on 18 June 2042 at 08:35 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 17 June 2042 at 19:48 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.