Last
Quarter ♉ Taurus
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 30 July 2040 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1854"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1854" and ∠1890".
Sturgeon Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2040 after 22 days on 22 August 2040 at 09:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 8 August 2040 at 00:26
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 15 August 2040 at 18:36
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 August 2040 at 09:09
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 29 August 2040 at 11:16
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 501 / 1454
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 501 of Meeus index or 1454 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 12 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2040. It is 25 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 28 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 35 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠175.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠175.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠199°.
Moon before perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 23 July 2040 at 19:15 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 5 August 2040 at 23:43 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 386 521 km
The Moon is 386 521 km (240 173 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 353 km (252 496 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 20 July 2040 at 02:18 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 1 August 2040 at 17:44 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 22 July 2040 at 14:28 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.179°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.211° at the point of next northern standstill on 4 August 2040 at 21:26 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 8 August 2040 at 00:26 in ♌ Leo 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.
