Last
Quarter ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 56% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 56% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 19 June 2033 at 23:29 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2033 after 22 days on 12 July 2033 at 09:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 26 June 2033 at 21:07
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 4 July 2033 at 17:12
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 12 July 2033 at 09:29
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 19 July 2033 at 04:07
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 413 / 1366
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 413 of Meeus index or 1366 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 36 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 3 hours and 14 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 55 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠46°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠46°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠74.1°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 6 June 2033 at 10:13 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 21 June 2033 at 01:28 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 363 790 km
The Moon is 363 790 km (226 049 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 518 km (229 608 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 7 June 2033 at 22:45 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 21 June 2033 at 08:42 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 13 June 2033 at 04:17 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.723°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.717° at the point of next northern standstill on 26 June 2033 at 03:12 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 26 June 2033 at 21:07 in ♊ Gemini 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.
