Last
Quarter* ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 56% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 56% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 31 August 2002 at 02:31 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1802"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1802" and ∠1901".
Harvest Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2002 after 22 days on 21 September 2002 at 13:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 31 August 2002 at 02:31
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 7 September 2002 at 03:10
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 13 September 2002 at 18:08
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 September 2002 at 13:59
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 32 / 985
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 32 of Meeus index or 985 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 55 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2002. It is 12 minutes shorter 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 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠324.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠324.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠343.1°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 26 August 2002 at 17:43 in ♈ Aries. 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 8 September 2002 at 03:14 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 397 718 km
The Moon is 397 718 km (247 131 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 745 km (222 914 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after descending node on 17 August 2002 at 02:54 in ♐ Sagittarius. 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 31 August 2002 at 14:43 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
26 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
11 days since the previous standstill on 19 August 2002 at 00:37 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-25.159°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠25.282° at the point of next northern standstill on 2 September 2002 at 16:03 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 7 September 2002 at 03:10 in ♍ Virgo 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.
