Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 25 October 2062 at 06:28 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1930".
Beaver Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2062 after 22 days on 16 November 2062 at 20:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 1 November 2062 at 07:32
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 9 November 2062 at 06:50
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 November 2062 at 20:48
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 23 November 2062 at 13:58
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 776 / 1729
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 776 of Meeus index or 1729 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 43 minutes. It is 2 hours and 45 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 minute shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 8 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠54.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠54.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠86.4°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 24 October 2062 at 12:04 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 7 November 2062 at 23:42 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 363 409 km
The Moon is 363 409 km (225 812 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 510 km (251 351 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 15 October 2062 at 19:12 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 October 2062 at 19:18 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 22 October 2062 at 22:10 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.544°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.465° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 November 2062 at 05:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 1 November 2062 at 07:32 in ♏ Scorpio the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
