Last
Quarter ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 53% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 13 July 2001 at 18:45 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1807"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1807" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2001 after 21 days on 4 August 2001 at 05:56.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 20 July 2001 at 19:44
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 27 July 2001 at 10:08
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 4 August 2001 at 05:56
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 12 August 2001 at 07:53
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 18 / 971
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 18 of Meeus index or 971 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.32 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 47 minutes. It is 36 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠324.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠324.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠342.5°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 9 July 2001 at 11:24 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 21 July 2001 at 20:44 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 396 628 km
The Moon is 396 628 km (246 453 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 027 km (223 089 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 5 July 2001 at 00:48 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 19 July 2001 at 08:24 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, 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 5 July 2001 at 12:19 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.413°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠23.418° at the point of next northern standstill on 19 July 2001 at 17:53 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 20 July 2001 at 19:44 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.
