Last
Quarter* ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 57% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 57% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 13 June 2020 at 06:24 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 ∠1783"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1783" and ∠1889".
Buck Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2020 after 22 days on 5 July 2020 at 04:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 13 June 2020 at 06:24
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 21 June 2020 at 06:41
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 June 2020 at 08:16
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 5 July 2020 at 04:44
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 252 / 1205
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 252 of Meeus index or 1205 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 3 minutes. It is 2 hours and 11 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 19 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 44 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠229.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠229.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠263.8°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 3 June 2020 at 03:36 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 15 June 2020 at 00:56 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 401 963 km
The Moon is 401 963 km (249 768 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 597 km (251 405 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 6 June 2020 at 18:10 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 21 June 2020 at 04:24 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 7 June 2020 at 16:22 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.069°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠24.070° at the point of next northern standstill on 22 June 2020 at 03:56 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 21 June 2020 at 06:41 in ♋ Cancer 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.
