Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 51% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 51% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 14 November 2071 at 14:24 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 ∠21° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1940".
Cold Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2071 after 22 days on 7 December 2071 at 06:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 21 November 2071 at 18:59
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 29 November 2071 at 21:06
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 7 December 2071 at 06:57
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 13 December 2071 at 22:57
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 888 / 1841
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 888 of Meeus index or 1841 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 10 minutes. It is 2 hours and 37 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 26 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 37 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠67.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠67.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠102.9°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 12 November 2071 at 01:07 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 27 November 2071 at 16:12 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 363 791 km
The Moon is 363 791 km (226 049 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 865 km (251 571 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 4 November 2071 at 02:46 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 17 November 2071 at 01:15 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 11 November 2071 at 00:34 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.336°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.413° at the point of next southern standstill on 24 November 2071 at 07:52 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 21 November 2071 at 18:59 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.
