Last
Quarter ♈ Aries
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 21 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 7 July 2026 at 19:29 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1905"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1905" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2026 after 22 days on 29 July 2026 at 14:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 July 2026 at 09:43
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 21 July 2026 at 11:06
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 29 July 2026 at 14:36
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 6 August 2026 at 02:21
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 327 / 1280
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 327 of Meeus index or 1280 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.28 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 49 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2026. It is 1 hour and 4 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 5 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠2.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠2.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠18°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 28 June 2026 at 07:11 in ♐ Sagittarius. 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 13 July 2026 at 07:50 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 376 350 km
The Moon is 376 350 km (233 853 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 111 km (223 141 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 4 July 2026 at 07:51 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 17 July 2026 at 00:27 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 28 June 2026 at 22:06 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.988°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.033° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 July 2026 at 15:18 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 14 July 2026 at 09:43 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.
