Last
Quarter* ♌ Leo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 11 November 2036 at 01:28 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1938".
Cold Moon after 23 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2036 after 23 days on 3 December 2036 at 14:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 11 November 2036 at 01:28
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 18 November 2036 at 00:14
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 25 November 2036 at 22:28
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 3 December 2036 at 14:08
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 455 / 1408
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 455 of Meeus index or 1408 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 24 minutes. It is 2 hours and 56 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 20 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 49 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠46.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠46.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠76°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 28 October 2036 at 07:33 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 11 November 2036 at 18:21 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 363 691 km
The Moon is 363 691 km (225 987 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 370 165 km (230 010 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♌ Leo at 12:58 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 23 November 2036 at 22:06 in ♒ Aquarius.
New draconic month
At 12:58 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 8 November 2036 at 06:31 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠20.402°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.497° at the point of next southern standstill on 21 November 2036 at 10:22 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 18 November 2036 at 00:14 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.
