Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
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 22 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 27 August 2062 at 17:49 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 is entering ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1935"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1935" and ∠1900".
Harvest Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2062 after 22 days on 18 September 2062 at 18:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 September 2062 at 08:42
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 September 2062 at 15:59
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 18 September 2062 at 18:36
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 26 September 2062 at 00:11
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 774 / 1727
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 774 of Meeus index or 1727 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 774 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 2 minutes. It is 2 hours and 5 minutes shorter than next lunation 775 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 42 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 27 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠14°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠14°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠31.5°. 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
10 days after point of apogee on 16 August 2062 at 18:05 in ♑ Capricorn. 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 1 September 2062 at 10:35 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 370 400 km
Moon is 370 400 km (230 156 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 122 km (225 012 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 22 August 2062 at 04:45 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 4 September 2062 at 03:11 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
5 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 15 August 2062 at 06:10 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.592°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.645° in the next northern standstill on 29 August 2062 at 10:48 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 3 September 2062 at 08:42 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.