Last
Quarter ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 53% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 2 April 2043 at 18:56 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1812"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1812" and ∠1919".
Pink Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2043 after 21 days on 24 April 2043 at 07:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 9 April 2043 at 19:06
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 16 April 2043 at 10:09
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 24 April 2043 at 07:23
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 2 May 2043 at 08:59
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 534 / 1487
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 534 of Meeus index or 1487 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 42 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 47 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 22 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠327.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠327.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠345.1°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 29 March 2043 at 05:28 in ♏ Scorpio. 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 10 April 2043 at 16:14 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 395 532 km
The Moon is 395 532 km (245 772 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 473 km (222 745 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 25 March 2043 at 21:58 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 9 April 2043 at 01:17 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 1 April 2043 at 21:04 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.660°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.638° at the point of next northern standstill on 14 April 2043 at 15:23 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 9 April 2043 at 19:06 in ♈ Aries 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.
