Last
Quarter ♈ Aries
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 28 June 2005 at 18:23 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1927"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1927" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2005 after 22 days on 21 July 2005 at 11:00.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 6 July 2005 at 12:03
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 14 July 2005 at 15:20
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 21 July 2005 at 11:00
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 July 2005 at 03:19
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 67 / 1020
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 67 of Meeus index or 1020 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 7 minutes. It is 55 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 1 hour and 23 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 40 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠131.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠131.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠158.8°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 23 June 2005 at 11:49 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 8 July 2005 at 17:39 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 371 921 km
The Moon is 371 921 km (231 101 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 363 km (252 502 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 17 June 2005 at 03:59 in ♎ Libra. 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 29 June 2005 at 16:29 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 22 June 2005 at 07:59 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.214°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.208° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 July 2005 at 13:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 6 July 2005 at 12:03 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.
