Last
Quarter ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 55% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 55% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 4 March 2013 at 21:53 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1935".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2013 after 22 days on 27 March 2013 at 09:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 March 2013 at 19:51
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 19 March 2013 at 17:27
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 27 March 2013 at 09:27
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 April 2013 at 04:37
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 162 / 1115
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 162 of Meeus index or 1115 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 31 minutes. It is 1 hour and 13 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 13 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 56 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠44.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠44.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠73.6°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 19 February 2013 at 06:30 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 5 March 2013 at 23:20 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 363 642 km
The Moon is 363 642 km (225 957 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 954 km (229 879 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 3 March 2013 at 02:30 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 March 2013 at 06:15 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 19 February 2013 at 13:35 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠20.583°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-20.453° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 March 2013 at 06:41 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 11 March 2013 at 19:51 in ♓ Pisces 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.
