Last
Quarter* ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 58% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 58% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 28 June 2054 at 07:30 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 leaving the last ∠3° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♈ Aries later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1787"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1787" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2054 after 22 days on 19 July 2054 at 17:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 28 June 2054 at 07:30
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 5 July 2054 at 10:34
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 12 July 2054 at 01:36
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 19 July 2054 at 17:47
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 673 / 1626
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 673 of Meeus index or 1626 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 673 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 54 minutes. It is 40 minutes longer than next lunation 674 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 50 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 19 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠316.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠316.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠336°. 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 after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 24 June 2054 at 17:32 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 July 2054 at 21:10 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 400 992 km
Moon is 400 992 km (249 165 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 411 km (223 949 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 25 June 2054 at 04:56 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 8 July 2054 at 11:43 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 20 June 2054 at 19:41 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.200°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.186° in the next northern standstill on 5 July 2054 at 00:45 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 5 July 2054 at 10:34 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.