Last
Quarter* ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 58% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 58% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 21 July 2003 at 07:01 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 ∠19° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1781"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1781" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2003 after 22 days on 12 August 2003 at 04:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 21 July 2003 at 07:01
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 29 July 2003 at 06:53
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 5 August 2003 at 07:28
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 12 August 2003 at 04:48
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 43 / 996
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 43 of Meeus index or 996 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour and 40 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 30 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 39 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠234.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠234.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠268.5°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 10 July 2003 at 22:05 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 22 July 2003 at 19:37 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 402 551 km
The Moon is 402 551 km (250 134 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 330 km (251 239 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 10 July 2003 at 04:17 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 July 2003 at 18:44 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
23 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, 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 12 July 2003 at 22:53 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.465°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.493° at the point of next northern standstill on 27 July 2003 at 03:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 29 July 2003 at 06:53 in ♌ Leo 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.
