Last
Quarter ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 52% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 5 July 2037 at 16:00 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1775"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1775" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2037 after 21 days on 27 July 2037 at 04:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 13 July 2037 at 02:32
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 19 July 2037 at 18:31
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 27 July 2037 at 04:15
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 4 August 2037 at 07:51
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 463 / 1416
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 463 of Meeus index or 1416 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
Length of current 463 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 22 minutes. It is 1 hour and 12 minutes longer than next lunation 464 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 23 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 47 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠292.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠292.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠318.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 3 July 2037 at 19:50 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 15 July 2037 at 16:48 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 403 762 km
Moon is 403 762 km (250 886 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 330 km (226 384 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after its descending node on 29 June 2037 at 10:01 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 13 July 2037 at 15:35 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
19 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 28 June 2037 at 01:35 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.369°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.362° in the next northern standstill on 12 July 2037 at 10:57 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 13 July 2037 at 02:32 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.