Last
Quarter* ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 28 February 2027 at 05:16 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1802"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1802" and ∠1937".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2027 after 22 days on 22 March 2027 at 10:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 February 2027 at 05:16
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 8 March 2027 at 09:29
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 15 March 2027 at 16:25
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 22 March 2027 at 10:44
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 335 / 1288
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 335 of Meeus index or 1288 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 33 minutes. It is 3 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 4 hours and 49 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 14 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠210.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠210.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠242.4°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 19 February 2027 at 07:30 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 3 March 2027 at 05:41 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 397 789 km
The Moon is 397 789 km (247 175 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 221 km (251 793 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 20 February 2027 at 04:40 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 March 2027 at 04:41 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 16 February 2027 at 07:59 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.710°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-27.684° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 March 2027 at 09:41 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 8 March 2027 at 09:29 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.
