Last
Quarter* ♋ Cancer
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 ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 25 September 2005 at 06:41 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1809"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1809" and ∠1913".
Hunter Moon after 23 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2005 after 23 days on 17 October 2005 at 12:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 25 September 2005 at 06:41
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 3 October 2005 at 10:28
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 10 October 2005 at 19:01
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 17 October 2005 at 12:14
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 70 / 1023
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 70 of Meeus index or 1023 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 42 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2005. It is 45 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 58 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 5 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠205.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠205.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠236.1°.
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 16 September 2005 at 13:58 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 28 September 2005 at 15:20 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 396 197 km
The Moon is 396 197 km (246 185 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 307 km (251 846 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 19 September 2005 at 08:09 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 3 October 2005 at 16:51 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
5 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 12 September 2005 at 10:54 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.556°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠28.594° at the point of next northern standstill on 25 September 2005 at 06:42 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 3 October 2005 at 10:28 in ♎ Libra 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.
