Last
Quarter* ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 57% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 57% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 24 July 2038 at 05:40 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 ∠23° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2038 after 22 days on 14 August 2038 at 22:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 24 July 2038 at 05:40
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 1 August 2038 at 00:40
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 7 August 2038 at 20:21
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 14 August 2038 at 22:57
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 476 / 1429
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 476 of Meeus index or 1429 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 476 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 8 minutes. It is 1 hour and 36 minutes longer than next lunation 477 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 36 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 33 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠259.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠259.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠293.3°. 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 before apogee
11 days after point of perigee on 11 July 2038 at 19:32 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 24 July 2038 at 07:19 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 405 177 km
Moon is 405 177 km (251 765 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 203 km (251 160 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 15 July 2038 at 11:58 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 29 July 2038 at 20:50 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
20 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 15 July 2038 at 15:12 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.036°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.049° in the next northern standstill on 30 July 2038 at 00:20 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 1 August 2038 at 00:40 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.