Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
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 ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 30 June 2043 at 02:53 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1950"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1950" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2043 after 21 days on 22 July 2043 at 03:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 6 July 2043 at 17:51
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 14 July 2043 at 01:47
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 22 July 2043 at 03:24
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 29 July 2043 at 08:23
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 537 / 1490
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 537 of Meeus index or 1490 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 16 minutes. It is 1 hour and 16 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 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠15.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠15.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠33.6°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 18 June 2043 at 23:28 in ♏ Scorpio. 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 4 July 2043 at 16:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 367 627 km
The Moon is 367 627 km (228 433 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 588 km (225 302 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 29 June 2043 at 18:46 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 12 July 2043 at 12:01 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 22 June 2043 at 14:03 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.403°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.429° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 July 2043 at 19:20 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 6 July 2043 at 17:51 in ♋ Cancer 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.
