Last
Quarter* ♑ Capricorn
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 ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 2 April 2024 at 03:15 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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1895"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1895" and ∠1919".
Pink Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2024 after 22 days on 23 April 2024 at 23:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 2 April 2024 at 03:15
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 8 April 2024 at 18:21
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 15 April 2024 at 19:13
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 23 April 2024 at 23:49
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 299 / 1252
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 299 of Meeus index or 1252 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 20 minutes. It is 19 minutes longer 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 3 hours and 24 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 45 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠1.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠1.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠17.2°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 23 March 2024 at 15:44 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 7 April 2024 at 17:53 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 378 235 km
The Moon is 378 235 km (235 024 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 850 km (222 979 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 26 March 2024 at 04:07 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 8 April 2024 at 12:20 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
20 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 at southern standstill
At 08:58 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-28.559°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠28.552° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 13 April 2024 at 22:36.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 8 April 2024 at 18:21 in ♈ Aries 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.
