Last
Quarter ♊ Gemini
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 ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 27 August 2032 at 19:33 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1872"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1872" and ∠1900".
Harvest Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2032 after 22 days on 19 September 2032 at 09:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 4 September 2032 at 20:57
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 September 2032 at 18:49
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 19 September 2032 at 09:30
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 26 September 2032 at 09:12
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 403 / 1356
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 403 of Meeus index or 1356 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.66 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 45 minutes. It is 45 minutes shorter 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 3 hours and 1 minute longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 2 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠166.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠166.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠189.3°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 21 August 2032 at 03:52 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 3 September 2032 at 19:58 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 382 893 km
The Moon is 382 893 km (237 919 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 561 km (252 625 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 25 August 2032 at 09:01 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 8 September 2032 at 21:41 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 16 August 2032 at 13:55 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.386°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠19.299° at the point of next northern standstill on 29 August 2032 at 03:57 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 4 September 2032 at 20:57 in ♍ Virgo 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.
