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
Length of current 810 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes longer than next lunation 811 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 14 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 55 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠235.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠235.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠270.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 14 July 2065 at 17:50 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 26 July 2065 at 15:50 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 404 681 km
Moon is 404 681 km (251 457 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 434 km (251 304 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 17 July 2065 at 20:19 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 1 August 2065 at 05:11 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 15 July 2065 at 07:31 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.199°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.196° in the next northern standstill on 29 July 2065 at 06:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 2 August 2065 at 05:46 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.