Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 44% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 44% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 18 January 2047 at 22:32 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1950".
Snow Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2047 after 22 days on 10 February 2047 at 14:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 26 January 2047 at 01:44
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 3 February 2047 at 03:09
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 10 February 2047 at 14:40
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 17 February 2047 at 06:42
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 581 / 1534
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 581 of Meeus index or 1534 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 581 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 5 minutes. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes shorter than next lunation 582 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 21 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 42 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠60.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠60.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠96.2°. 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
2 days after point of perigee on 16 January 2047 at 21:10 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 1 February 2047 at 06:34 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 364 294 km
Moon is 364 294 km (226 362 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 12 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 793 km (251 527 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 12 January 2047 at 07:29 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 25 January 2047 at 05:56 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
21 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 9 January 2047 at 16:36 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.065°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.072° in the next southern standstill on 22 January 2047 at 15:26 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 26 January 2047 at 01:44 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.