Last
Quarter ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 20 February 2044 at 20:20 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 leaving the last ∠2° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1775"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1775" and ∠1940".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2044 after 22 days on 13 March 2044 at 19:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 February 2044 at 20:12
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 6 March 2044 at 21:17
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 13 March 2044 at 19:41
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 21 March 2044 at 16:52
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 545 / 1498
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 545 of Meeus index or 1498 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 545 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 8 minutes. It is 2 hours and 54 minutes longer than next lunation 546 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 24 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 39 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠235.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠235.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠272.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 10 February 2044 at 10:42 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 22 February 2044 at 05:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 403 819 km
Moon is 403 819 km (250 921 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 628 km (251 424 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 15 February 2044 at 03:48 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 29 February 2044 at 14:57 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 9 February 2044 at 10:49 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.576°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.625° in the next southern standstill on 23 February 2044 at 02:17 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 28 February 2044 at 20:12 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.