Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
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 ♋ Cancer.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 26 September 2062 at 00:11 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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1969"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1914".
Hunter Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2062 after 21 days on 18 October 2062 at 08:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 2 October 2062 at 18:49
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 10 October 2062 at 10:27
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 18 October 2062 at 08:18
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 25 October 2062 at 06:28
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 775 / 1728
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 775 of Meeus index or 1728 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
Length of current 775 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 7 minutes. It is 2 hours and 36 minutes shorter than next lunation 776 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 37 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 32 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠31.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠31.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠54.6°. 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
13 days after point of apogee on 13 September 2062 at 08:35 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 29 September 2062 at 03:19 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 363 979 km
Moon is 363 979 km (226 166 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 253 km (228 200 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 18 September 2062 at 11:25 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 1 October 2062 at 12:54 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 25 September 2062 at 16:49 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.655°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.620° in the next southern standstill on 8 October 2062 at 21:13 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 2 October 2062 at 18:49 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.