Last
Quarter ♓ Pisces
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 22 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 6 June 2018 at 18:32 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1803"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1803" and ∠1891".
Strawberry Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2018 after 21 days on 28 June 2018 at 04:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 13 June 2018 at 19:43
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 20 June 2018 at 10:51
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 28 June 2018 at 04:53
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 6 July 2018 at 07:51
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 227 / 1180
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 227 of Meeus index or 1180 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 55 minutes. It is 50 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠321.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠321.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠340.3°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 2 June 2018 at 16:34 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 14 June 2018 at 23:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 397 533 km
The Moon is 397 533 km (247 016 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 507 km (223 387 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 3 June 2018 at 12:39 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 16 June 2018 at 17:50 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 1 June 2018 at 07:09 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.727°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.754° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 June 2018 at 00:52 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 13 June 2018 at 19:43 in ♊ Gemini 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.
