Last
Quarter* ♉ Taurus
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 16 August 2006 at 01:51 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1933"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1933" and ∠1895".
Harvest Moon after 23 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2006 after 23 days on 7 September 2006 at 18:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 16 August 2006 at 01:51
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 23 August 2006 at 19:10
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 31 August 2006 at 22:56
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 7 September 2006 at 18:42
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 81 / 1034
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 81 of Meeus index or 1034 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 39 minutes. It is 1 hour and 56 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 55 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 8 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
4 days after point of perigee on 10 August 2006 at 18:27 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 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 26 August 2006 at 01:23 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 370 807 km
The Moon is 370 807 km (230 409 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 271 km (252 445 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 12 August 2006 at 01:31 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 25 August 2006 at 21:34 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 6 August 2006 at 04:11 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.594°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.645° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 August 2006 at 19:43 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 23 August 2006 at 19:10 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.
