Last
Quarter ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 52% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 3 July 2029 at 17:58 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 ∠9° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2029 after 22 days on 25 July 2029 at 13:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 11 July 2029 at 15:51
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 18 July 2029 at 14:14
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 25 July 2029 at 13:36
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 2 August 2029 at 11:15
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 364 / 1317
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 364 of Meeus index or 1317 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
Length of current 364 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 56 minutes longer than next lunation 365 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 44 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 26 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠244.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠244.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠279.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 22 June 2029 at 15:35 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 4 July 2029 at 16:05 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 404 731 km
Moon is 404 731 km (251 488 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 317 km (251 231 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 26 June 2029 at 03:09 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 10 July 2029 at 12:33 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 24 June 2029 at 23:29 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.401°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.399° in the next northern standstill on 9 July 2029 at 05:56 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 11 July 2029 at 15:51 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.