Last
Quarter* ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 56% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 56% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 1 January 2054 at 01:11 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1918"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1918" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 23 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2054 after 23 days on 23 January 2054 at 20:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 1 January 2054 at 01:11
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 8 January 2054 at 22:34
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 17 January 2054 at 02:14
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 23 January 2054 at 20:08
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 667 / 1620
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 667 of Meeus index or 1620 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2053. It is 47 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 54 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠141.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠141.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠168.6°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 26 December 2053 at 06:40 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 10 January 2054 at 05:56 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 373 729 km
The Moon is 373 729 km (232 224 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 537 km (252 610 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 29 December 2053 at 18:29 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 13 January 2054 at 02:36 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 25 December 2053 at 11:21 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.770°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.772° at the point of next southern standstill on 7 January 2054 at 19:44 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 8 January 2054 at 22:34 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
