Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 48% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 48% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 3 August 2094 at 07:58 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1903"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1903" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2094 after 22 days on 26 August 2094 at 00:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 11 August 2094 at 04:36
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 19 August 2094 at 06:26
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 August 2094 at 00:51
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 1 September 2094 at 18:09
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 1169 / 2122
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1169 of Meeus index or 2122 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 1169 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 1 minute. It is 55 minutes shorter than next lunation 1170 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 47 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠141.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠141.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠167.4°. 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
5 days after point of perigee on 28 July 2094 at 16:14 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 12 August 2094 at 14:04 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 376 703 km
Moon is 376 703 km (234 072 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 544 km (252 615 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 25 July 2094 at 20:41 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 7 August 2094 at 16:45 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 26 July 2094 at 04:07 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.317°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.329° in the next northern standstill on 8 August 2094 at 02:07 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 11 August 2094 at 04:36 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.