Last
Quarter ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 55% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 55% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 5 February 2040 at 22:32 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1930"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1930" and ∠1946".
Snow Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2040 after 22 days on 28 February 2040 at 00:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 12 February 2040 at 14:24
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 19 February 2040 at 21:33
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 28 February 2040 at 00:59
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 March 2040 at 07:19
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 495 / 1448
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 495 of Meeus index or 1448 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 495 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 59 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2040. It is 23 minutes shorter than next lunation 496 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 45 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 24 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠12.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠12.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠30.1°. 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 25 January 2040 at 22:42 in ♊ Gemini. 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 10 February 2040 at 18:42 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 371 336 km
Moon is 371 336 km (230 737 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 749 km (224 780 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 24 January 2040 at 12:28 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 7 February 2040 at 15:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
11 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 26 January 2040 at 22:14 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.480°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.560° in the next southern standstill on 9 February 2040 at 16:13 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 12 February 2040 at 14:24 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.