Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
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 7 November 2096 at 02:48 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 ∠21° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1894"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1894" and ∠1937".
Beaver Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2096 after 22 days on 29 November 2096 at 21:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 15 November 2096 at 00:36
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 23 November 2096 at 03:18
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 29 November 2096 at 21:34
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 6 December 2096 at 16:07
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 1197 / 2150
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1197 of Meeus index or 2150 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 7 minutes. It is 1 hour and 23 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 23 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 40 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠143.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠143.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠169.7°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 1 November 2096 at 07:33 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 November 2096 at 05:04 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 378 459 km
The Moon is 378 459 km (235 164 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 511 km (252 594 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 1 November 2096 at 07:19 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 14 November 2096 at 20:36 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 4 November 2096 at 10:38 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.978°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.983° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 November 2096 at 19:29 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 15 November 2096 at 00:36 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.
