Last
Quarter* ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 15 March 2023 at 02:08 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 ∠16° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1935"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1935" and ∠1930".
Pink Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2023 after 22 days on 6 April 2023 at 04:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 March 2023 at 02:08
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 March 2023 at 17:23
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 29 March 2023 at 02:32
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 6 April 2023 at 04:35
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 286 / 1239
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 286 of Meeus index or 1239 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 17 minutes. It is 32 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 27 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 42 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠15.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠15.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠34.1°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 3 March 2023 at 18:01 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 March 2023 at 15:16 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 370 526 km
The Moon is 370 526 km (230 234 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 698 km (225 370 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 11 March 2023 at 08:53 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 24 March 2023 at 02:08 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 1 March 2023 at 14:09 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.716°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-27.831° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 March 2023 at 21:43 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 21 March 2023 at 17:23 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.
