Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 47% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 2 February 2043 at 04:14 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 ∠17° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2043 after 21 days on 23 February 2043 at 21:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 9 February 2043 at 21:07
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 16 February 2043 at 17:00
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 23 February 2043 at 21:58
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 March 2043 at 01:07
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 532 / 1485
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 532 of Meeus index or 1485 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 14 minutes. It is 2 hours and 12 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 1 hour and 30 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 33 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠269.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠269.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠303°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 1 February 2043 at 17:22 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 13 February 2043 at 17:40 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 405 130 km
The Moon is 405 130 km (251 736 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 963 km (228 642 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 30 January 2043 at 09:53 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 13 February 2043 at 07:12 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 22 January 2043 at 21:28 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.367°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.451° at the point of next southern standstill on 6 February 2043 at 04:21 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 9 February 2043 at 21:07 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.
