Last
Quarter* ♓ Pisces
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 ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 20 June 2052 at 03:10 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1910"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1910" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2052 after 22 days on 12 July 2052 at 00:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 20 June 2052 at 03:10
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 26 June 2052 at 17:50
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 3 July 2052 at 20:59
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 12 July 2052 at 00:23
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 648 / 1601
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 648 of Meeus index or 1601 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.29 days
Length of current 648 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 1 minute. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2052. It is 41 minutes shorter than next lunation 649 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 44 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 25 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠7.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠7.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠23.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of apogee on 10 June 2052 at 00:46 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 25 June 2052 at 08:22 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 375 307 km
Moon is 375 307 km (233 205 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 167 km (223 797 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 6 June 2052 at 13:15 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 June 2052 at 22:46 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 12 June 2052 at 20:05 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.514°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.498° in the next northern standstill on 26 June 2052 at 04:20 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 26 June 2052 at 17:50 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.