Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 25 July 2065 at 06:22 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 ∠6° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2065 after 21 days on 16 August 2065 at 03:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 2 August 2065 at 05:46
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 9 August 2065 at 05:52
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 16 August 2065 at 03:45
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 23 August 2065 at 23:56
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 810 / 1763
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 810 of Meeus index or 1763 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 37 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 14 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 55 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠235.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠235.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠270.8°.
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of perigee on 14 July 2065 at 17:50 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 26 July 2065 at 15:50 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 404 681 km
The Moon is 404 681 km (251 457 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 434 km (251 304 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 17 July 2065 at 20:19 in ♑ Capricorn. 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 1 August 2065 at 05:11 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 15 July 2065 at 07:31 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.199°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.196° at the point of next northern standstill on 29 July 2065 at 06:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 2 August 2065 at 05:46 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.
