Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 51% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 51% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 2 January 2062 at 13:21 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1843"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1843" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2062 after 22 days on 25 January 2062 at 03:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 10 January 2062 at 17:52
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 18 January 2062 at 12:51
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 25 January 2062 at 03:37
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 1 February 2062 at 07:43
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 766 / 1719
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 766 of Meeus index or 1719 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
Length of current 766 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 20 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2062. It is 1 hour and 2 minutes longer than next lunation 767 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 36 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 27 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠176.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠176.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠201.9°. 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
21 days after point of apogee on 12 December 2061 at 07:27 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 January 2062 at 09:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 388 846 km
Moon is 388 846 km (241 618 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 473 km (252 571 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♎ Libra at 00:30 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet ascending node on 16 January 2062 at 15:36 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 26 December 2061 at 10:29 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.396°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.405° in the next southern standstill on 9 January 2062 at 02:13 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 10 January 2062 at 17:52 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.