Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 24 October 2073 at 02:22 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1889"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1889" and ∠1930".
Beaver Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2073 after 21 days on 14 November 2073 at 19:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 30 October 2073 at 19:13
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 6 November 2073 at 15:42
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 14 November 2073 at 19:55
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 22 November 2073 at 14:15
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 912 / 1865
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 912 of Meeus index or 1865 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 912 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 52 minutes. It is 1 hour and 7 minutes shorter than next lunation 913 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 52 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 17 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠351.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠351.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠6.3°. 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 before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 16 October 2073 at 08:16 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 30 October 2073 at 10:23 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 379 488 km
Moon is 379 488 km (235 803 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 043 km (221 856 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after its descending node on 10 October 2073 at 18:58 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 25 October 2073 at 09:03 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days after previous North standstill on 22 October 2073 at 08:46 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.918°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-20.020° in the next southern standstill on 3 November 2073 at 23:06 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 30 October 2073 at 19:13 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.