Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 48% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 48% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 31 August 2048 at 07:42 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 ∠11° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1770"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1901".
Harvest Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2048 after 21 days on 22 September 2048 at 04:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 8 September 2048 at 06:24
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 September 2048 at 06:04
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 22 September 2048 at 04:46
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 30 September 2048 at 02:45
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 601 / 1554
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 601 of Meeus index or 1554 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
Length of current 601 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 26 minutes. It is 1 hour and 5 minutes longer than next lunation 602 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 18 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 51 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠240.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠240.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠276°. 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 before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 20 August 2048 at 12:34 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 1 September 2048 at 10:48 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 404 949 km
Moon is 404 949 km (251 624 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 235 km (251 180 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 19 August 2048 at 04:55 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 1 September 2048 at 16:14 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 18 August 2048 at 16:40 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.557°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.449° in the next northern standstill on 1 September 2048 at 03:54 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 8 September 2048 at 06:24 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.