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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 29 minutes. It is 2 hours and 6 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 3 hours and 15 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 54 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠9.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠9.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠26.3°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 21 October 2037 at 07:33 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 5 November 2037 at 22:15 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 372 582 km
The Moon is 372 582 km (231 512 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 791 km (224 185 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 30 October 2037 at 16:21 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 12 November 2037 at 05:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 29 October 2037 at 20:04 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.956°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.049° at the point of next southern standstill on 11 November 2037 at 11:53 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 7 November 2037 at 12:03 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
