Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 12 August 2066 at 20:59 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 leaving the last ∠2° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1787"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1787" and ∠1894".
Harvest Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2066 after 21 days on 4 September 2066 at 01:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 21 August 2066 at 00:50
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 August 2066 at 08:25
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 4 September 2066 at 01:37
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 11 September 2066 at 14:16
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 823 / 1776
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 823 of Meeus index or 1776 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 16 minutes. It is 1 hour and 18 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 32 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 31 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠207°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠207°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠236.4°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 4 August 2066 at 03:18 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 August 2066 at 05:19 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 401 183 km
The Moon is 401 183 km (249 284 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 122 km (251 731 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 3 August 2066 at 08:34 in ♑ Capricorn. 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 16 August 2066 at 21:14 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
10 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
11 days since the previous standstill on 2 August 2066 at 00:55 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.680°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠24.625° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 August 2066 at 06:35 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 21 August 2066 at 00:50 in ♍ Virgo 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.
