Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 25 October 2043 at 02:27 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1920"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1920" and ∠1930".
Beaver Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2043 after 22 days on 16 November 2043 at 21:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 1 November 2043 at 19:57
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 10 November 2043 at 00:13
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 November 2043 at 21:52
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 23 November 2043 at 13:46
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 541 / 1494
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 541 of Meeus index or 1494 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
Length of current 541 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 45 minutes. It is 1 hour and 55 minutes shorter than next lunation 542 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 1 minute longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 2 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠123.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠123.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠154°. 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
5 days after point of perigee on 19 October 2043 at 23:27 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 4 November 2043 at 13:04 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 373 252 km
Moon is 373 252 km (231 928 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 391 km (252 520 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 16 October 2043 at 17:59 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 29 October 2043 at 13:05 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days after previous North standstill on 22 October 2043 at 21:04 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.637°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.556° in the next southern standstill on 6 November 2043 at 02:22 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 1 November 2043 at 19:57 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.