Waning
Crescent ♓ Pisces
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 ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 20 May 2044 at 04:02 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 is entering ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1826"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1826" and ∠1896".
Strawberry Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2044 after 21 days on 10 June 2044 at 15:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 27 May 2044 at 03:39
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 2 June 2044 at 18:33
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 June 2044 at 15:16
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 18 June 2044 at 17:00
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 548 / 1501
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 548 of Meeus index or 1501 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 548 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 12 minutes longer than next lunation 549 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 47 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 22 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠328.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠328.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠345.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 15 May 2044 at 11:19 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 28 May 2044 at 00:15 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 392 597 km
Moon is 392 597 km (243 948 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 7 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 408 km (222 704 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after its descending node on 6 May 2044 at 23:24 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 21 May 2044 at 13:03 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 15 May 2044 at 00:44 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.366°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.322° in the next northern standstill on 28 May 2044 at 13:39 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 27 May 2044 at 03:39 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.