Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 49% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 5 August 2064 at 09:41 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1784"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1784" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2064 after 21 days on 26 August 2064 at 21:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 12 August 2064 at 17:49
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 19 August 2064 at 08:55
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 26 August 2064 at 21:35
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 4 September 2064 at 01:29
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 798 / 1751
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 798 of Meeus index or 1751 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 3 minutes. It is 41 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 41 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 28 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠301.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠301.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠325.7°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 2 August 2064 at 22:45 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 14 August 2064 at 20:26 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 401 683 km
The Moon is 401 683 km (249 594 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 724 km (225 386 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 29 July 2064 at 02:05 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 12 August 2064 at 09:26 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 25 July 2064 at 00:49 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.393°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.403° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 August 2064 at 13:25 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 12 August 2064 at 17:49 in ♌ Leo 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.
