Last
Quarter ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 52% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 26 December 2040 at 17:02 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1807"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1807" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2041 after 21 days on 17 January 2041 at 07:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 2 January 2041 at 19:08
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 9 January 2041 at 10:06
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 17 January 2041 at 07:11
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 25 January 2041 at 10:33
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 506 / 1459
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 506 of Meeus index or 1459 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 35 minutes. It is 1 hour 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 9 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠323.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠323.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠342.7°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 22 December 2040 at 13:29 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 3 January 2041 at 19:39 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 396 740 km
The Moon is 396 740 km (246 523 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 590 km (222 817 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 15 December 2040 at 21:13 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 30 December 2040 at 10:13 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 19 December 2040 at 10:11 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.761°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.763° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 January 2041 at 11:44 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 2 January 2041 at 19:08 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
