Last
Quarter ♒ Aquarius
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 ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 24 April 2049 at 21:11 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1907".
Flower Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2049 after 22 days on 17 May 2049 at 11:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 2 May 2049 at 00:11
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 10 May 2049 at 01:57
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 17 May 2049 at 11:13
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 24 May 2049 at 02:54
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 609 / 1562
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 609 of Meeus index or 1562 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 32 minutes. It is 1 hour and 17 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 12 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 57 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠67°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠67°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠102.4°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 22 April 2049 at 11:15 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 7 May 2049 at 22:34 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 363 552 km
The Moon is 363 552 km (225 901 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 657 km (251 442 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 20 April 2049 at 23:57 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 4 May 2049 at 04:33 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 21 April 2049 at 13:59 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.138°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.094° at the point of next northern standstill on 4 May 2049 at 21:27 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 2 May 2049 at 00:11 in ♉ Taurus 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.
