Last
Quarter ♌ Leo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 29 October 2048 at 22:15 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1783"
Lunar disc appears visually 8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1783" and ∠1932".
Beaver Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2048 after 21 days on 20 November 2048 at 11:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 6 November 2048 at 04:38
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 12 November 2048 at 20:29
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 20 November 2048 at 11:20
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 28 November 2048 at 16:34
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 603 / 1556
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 603 of Meeus index or 1556 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 53 minutes. It is 1 minute 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 51 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 18 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠307.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠307.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠330.6°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 27 October 2048 at 01:59 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 7 November 2048 at 23:21 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 401 937 km
The Moon is 401 937 km (249 752 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 590 km (224 682 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 25 October 2048 at 21:25 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 8 November 2048 at 12:22 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 25 October 2048 at 19:04 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.990°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.947° at the point of next southern standstill on 8 November 2048 at 11:15 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 6 November 2048 at 04:38 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
