Last
Quarter* ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 29 February 2008 at 02:18 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1937".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2008 after 22 days on 21 March 2008 at 18:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 29 February 2008 at 02:18
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 7 March 2008 at 17:14
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 14 March 2008 at 10:46
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 21 March 2008 at 18:40
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 100 / 1053
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 100 of Meeus index or 1053 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
Length of current 100 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 30 minutes. It is 2 hours and 49 minutes longer than next lunation 101 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 46 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 17 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠280°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠280°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠310.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 01:27, this is 14 days after last perigee on 14 February 2008 at 01:07 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 11 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 10 March 2008 at 21:39 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 404 442 km
This apogee Moon is 404 442 km (251 309 mi) away from Earth. It is 966 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 267 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 20 February 2008 at 20:01 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 6 March 2008 at 06:52 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days after previous North standstill on 16 February 2008 at 06:10 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.043°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.030° in the next southern standstill on 1 March 2008 at 08:03 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 7 March 2008 at 17:14 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.