Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 50% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 50% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 25 October 2081 at 11:13 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1938"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1938" and ∠1930".
Beaver Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2081 after 22 days on 16 November 2081 at 13:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 1 November 2081 at 03:04
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 8 November 2081 at 09:40
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 November 2081 at 13:19
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 23 November 2081 at 19:49
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 1011 / 1964
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1011 of Meeus index or 1964 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 51 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 3 hours and 3 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 6 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠12.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠12.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠29.7°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 14 October 2081 at 14:03 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 30 October 2081 at 07:55 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 369 868 km
The Moon is 369 868 km (229 825 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 740 km (224 775 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 14 October 2081 at 11:52 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 October 2081 at 09:25 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 22 October 2081 at 20:04 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.369°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.291° at the point of next southern standstill on 4 November 2081 at 12:34 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 1 November 2081 at 03:04 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.
