Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 53% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 14 April 2050 at 18:24 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1951"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1951" and ∠1913".
Flower Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2050 after 22 days on 6 May 2050 at 22:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 21 April 2050 at 10:25
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 28 April 2050 at 22:08
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 6 May 2050 at 22:26
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 14 May 2050 at 00:04
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 621 / 1574
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 621 of Meeus index or 1574 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 621 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 45 minutes. It is 40 minutes shorter than next lunation 622 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 59 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 10 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠21.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠21.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠41.9°. 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
11 days after point of apogee on 2 April 2050 at 21:09 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 18 April 2050 at 19:04 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 367 404 km
Moon is 367 404 km (228 294 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 528 km (226 507 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 9 April 2050 at 23:48 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 22 April 2050 at 19:31 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 12 April 2050 at 03:28 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.531°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.497° in the next northern standstill on 24 April 2050 at 21:53 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 21 April 2050 at 10:25 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.