Last
Quarter ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 55% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 55% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 28 June 2024 at 21:53 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2024 after 22 days on 21 July 2024 at 10:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 5 July 2024 at 22:57
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 13 July 2024 at 22:49
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 21 July 2024 at 10:17
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 July 2024 at 02:51
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 302 / 1255
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 302 of Meeus index or 1255 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 20 minutes. It is 1 hour and 56 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 24 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 45 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠60.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠60.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠93.2°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 27 June 2024 at 11:45 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 12 July 2024 at 08:12 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 363 306 km
The Moon is 363 306 km (225 748 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 363 km (251 260 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 15 June 2024 at 20:17 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 29 June 2024 at 04:26 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
26 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 after southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 22 June 2024 at 02:41 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.345°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.352° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 July 2024 at 00:08 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 5 July 2024 at 22:57 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.
