Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 49% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 22 June 2079 at 09:56 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 is entering ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1897"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1897" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2079 after 21 days on 14 July 2079 at 03:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 29 June 2079 at 01:31
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 5 July 2079 at 23:31
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 14 July 2079 at 03:24
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 21 July 2079 at 17:54
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 982 / 1935
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 982 of Meeus index or 1935 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.28 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 50 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2079. It is 12 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 54 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 15 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠356.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠356.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠12°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 13 June 2079 at 18:54 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 June 2079 at 08:30 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 377 787 km
The Moon is 377 787 km (234 746 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 090 km (222 507 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 10 June 2079 at 00:43 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 24 June 2079 at 10:51 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 15 June 2079 at 11:49 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.928°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.935° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 June 2079 at 21:27 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 29 June 2079 at 01:31 in ♋ Cancer 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.
