Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 26 July 2046 at 03:19 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1791"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1791" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2046 after 21 days on 16 August 2046 at 14:50.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 2 August 2046 at 10:25
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 9 August 2046 at 01:15
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 16 August 2046 at 14:50
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 24 August 2046 at 18:36
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 575 / 1528
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 575 of Meeus index or 1528 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 575 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 47 minutes. It is 47 minutes longer than next lunation 576 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 12 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠304.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠304.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠328°. 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
3 days after point of apogee on 23 July 2046 at 10:37 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 August 2046 at 09:16 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 400 165 km
Moon is 400 165 km (248 651 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 170 km (225 042 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 18 July 2046 at 17:49 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 2 August 2046 at 00:47 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 15 July 2046 at 09:24 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.722°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.730° in the next northern standstill on 29 July 2046 at 22:44 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 2 August 2046 at 10:25 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.