Last
Quarter ♈ Aries
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 ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 28 June 2035 at 18:43 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1881"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1881" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2035 after 21 days on 20 July 2035 at 10:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 5 July 2035 at 09:59
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 12 July 2035 at 07:33
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 20 July 2035 at 10:37
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 July 2035 at 02:55
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 438 / 1391
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 438 of Meeus index or 1391 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.28 days
Length of current 438 lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 39 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2035. It is 33 minutes shorter than next lunation 439 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 5 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠354.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠354.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠9.1°. 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 before perigee
7 days after point of apogee on 20 June 2035 at 12:30 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 July 2035 at 21:00 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 381 087 km
Moon is 381 087 km (236 796 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 717 km (222 275 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 26 June 2035 at 11:14 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 9 July 2035 at 01:03 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 21 June 2035 at 08:16 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.862°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.843° in the next northern standstill on 4 July 2035 at 22:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 5 July 2035 at 09:59 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.