Last
Quarter ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 54% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 54% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 31 October 2037 at 21:06 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1924"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1924" and ∠1933".
Beaver Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2037 after 22 days on 22 November 2037 at 21:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 7 November 2037 at 12:03
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 14 November 2037 at 17:59
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 22 November 2037 at 21:35
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 30 November 2037 at 06:06
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 467 / 1420
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 467 of Meeus index or 1420 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
Length of current 467 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 29 minutes. It is 2 hours and 6 minutes shorter than next lunation 468 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 15 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 54 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠9.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠9.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠26.3°. 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
10 days after point of apogee on 21 October 2037 at 07:33 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 5 November 2037 at 22:15 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 372 582 km
Moon is 372 582 km (231 512 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 791 km (224 185 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 30 October 2037 at 16:21 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 November 2037 at 05:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 29 October 2037 at 20:04 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠21.956°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-22.049° in the next southern standstill on 11 November 2037 at 11:53 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 7 November 2037 at 12:03 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.