Last
Quarter* ♎ Libra
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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 3 January 2043 at 06:08 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 ∠4° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1781"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1781" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2043 after 22 days on 25 January 2043 at 06:56.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 3 January 2043 at 06:08
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 11 January 2043 at 06:53
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 18 January 2043 at 09:05
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 25 January 2043 at 06:56
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 531 / 1484
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 531 of Meeus index or 1484 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 24 minutes. It is 2 hours and 10 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 3 hours and 40 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 23 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠232°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠232°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠269.3°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 24 December 2042 at 02:12 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 4 January 2043 at 19:56 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 402 460 km
The Moon is 402 460 km (250 077 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 558 km (251 381 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 21 December 2042 at 04:46 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 3 January 2043 at 07:24 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 26 December 2042 at 13:20 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.289°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.311° at the point of next southern standstill on 9 January 2043 at 20:09 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 11 January 2043 at 06:53 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.
