Last
Quarter ♊ Gemini
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 23 August 2008 at 23:50 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 ∠24° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1966"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1898".
Harvest Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2008 after 22 days on 15 September 2008 at 09:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 30 August 2008 at 19:58
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 7 September 2008 at 14:04
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 15 September 2008 at 09:13
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 22 September 2008 at 05:04
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 106 / 1059
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 106 of Meeus index or 1059 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 45 minutes. It is 2 hours and 29 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 59 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 10 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠39.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠39.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠64.9°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 10 August 2008 at 20:18 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 26 August 2008 at 03:44 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 364 518 km
The Moon is 364 518 km (226 501 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 693 km (229 095 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 16 August 2008 at 10:27 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 29 August 2008 at 10:30 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 11 August 2008 at 22:13 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.611°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.596° at the point of next northern standstill on 25 August 2008 at 13:03 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 30 August 2008 at 19:58 in ♍ Virgo 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.
