Last
Quarter ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 53% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 18 February 2017 at 19:33 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1941".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2017 after 22 days on 12 March 2017 at 14:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 February 2017 at 14:58
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 5 March 2017 at 11:32
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 12 March 2017 at 14:54
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 20 March 2017 at 15:58
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 211 / 1164
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 211 of Meeus index or 1164 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 51 minutes. It is 2 hours and 52 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 7 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 56 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠259.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠259.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠295°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 21:14. It is 12 days after previous perigee on 6 February 2017 at 13:59 in ♊ Gemini. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 3 March 2017 at 07:24 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 404 376 km
This apogee Moon is 404 376 km (251 268 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 032 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 333 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 11 February 2017 at 19:49 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 26 February 2017 at 06:28 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 7 February 2017 at 18:34 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.865°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.848° at the point of next southern standstill on 21 February 2017 at 20:50 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 26 February 2017 at 14:58 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.
