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 ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 25 February 2030 at 01:58 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 23 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2030 after 23 days on 19 March 2030 at 17:56.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 25 February 2030 at 01:58
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 4 March 2030 at 06:35
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 12 March 2030 at 08:48
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 19 March 2030 at 17:56
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 372 / 1325
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 372 of Meeus index or 1325 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
Length of current 372 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 27 minutes. It is 1 hour and 1 minute shorter than next lunation 373 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 43 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 20 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠67.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠67.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠104.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 22 February 2030 at 10:01 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 10 March 2030 at 02:23 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 363 459 km
Moon is 363 459 km (225 843 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 748 km (251 499 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 13 February 2030 at 04:07 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 26 February 2030 at 05:23 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 12 February 2030 at 17:24 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.393°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.278° in the next southern standstill on 25 February 2030 at 22:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 4 March 2030 at 06:35 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.