Last
Quarter ♋ Cancer
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 ♋ Cancer.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 4 October 2034 at 18:05 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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1949"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1949" and ∠1919".
Hunter Moon after 23 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2034 after 23 days on 27 October 2034 at 12:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 12 October 2034 at 07:33
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 20 October 2034 at 12:03
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 27 October 2034 at 12:42
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 3 November 2034 at 03:27
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 429 / 1382
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 429 of Meeus index or 1382 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 429 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 19 minutes. It is 2 hours and 25 minutes shorter than next lunation 430 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 35 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 28 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠108.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠108.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠141.4°. 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
4 days after point of perigee on 30 September 2034 at 04:10 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 16 October 2034 at 00:06 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 367 853 km
Moon is 367 853 km (228 573 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 022 km (252 290 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 27 September 2034 at 08:33 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 10 October 2034 at 06:34 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
21 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 01:15 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠18.200°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-18.265° in its southern standstill point on 18 October 2034 at 10:02 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 12 October 2034 at 07:33 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.