Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 52% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 14 September 2044 at 15:58 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1966"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1908".
Hunter Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2044 after 22 days on 7 October 2044 at 00:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 21 September 2044 at 11:03
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 29 September 2044 at 03:30
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 7 October 2044 at 00:30
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 13 October 2044 at 21:52
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 552 / 1505
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 552 of Meeus index or 1505 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 552 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 57 minutes. It is 2 hours and 36 minutes shorter than next lunation 553 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 47 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 22 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠34°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠34°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠57.9°. 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
12 days after point of apogee on 1 September 2044 at 20:26 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 17 September 2044 at 12:14 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 364 665 km
Moon is 364 665 km (226 592 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 771 km (228 522 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 7 September 2044 at 03:06 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 September 2044 at 04:05 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 23:32 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠28.463°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-28.424° in its southern standstill point on 28 September 2044 at 07:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 21 September 2044 at 11:03 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.