Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 46% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 46% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 1 January 2073 at 03:27 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1965"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2073 after 22 days on 23 January 2073 at 20:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 8 January 2073 at 08:11
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 16 January 2073 at 11:33
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 23 January 2073 at 20:05
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 30 January 2073 at 12:18
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 902 / 1855
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 902 of Meeus index or 1855 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 902 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 12 minutes. It is 2 hours and 18 minutes shorter than next lunation 903 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 28 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 35 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠69°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠69°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠105.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 29 December 2072 at 06:59 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 14 January 2073 at 02:24 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 364 737 km
Moon is 364 737 km (226 637 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 12 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 891 km (251 588 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 29 December 2072 at 08:37 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 11 January 2073 at 18:17 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 25 December 2072 at 11:40 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.089°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.079° in the next southern standstill on 7 January 2073 at 10:43 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 8 January 2073 at 08:11 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.