Last
Quarter* ♑ Capricorn
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 ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 7 April 2056 at 01:33 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1911"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1911" and ∠1917".
Pink Moon after 23 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2056 after 23 days on 29 April 2056 at 18:31.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 7 April 2056 at 01:33
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 14 April 2056 at 23:50
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 23 April 2056 at 01:33
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 29 April 2056 at 18:31
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 695 / 1648
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 695 of Meeus index or 1648 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
Length of current 695 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2056. It is 42 minutes longer than next lunation 696 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 14 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 49 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠147°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠147°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠172.8°. 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 after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 1 April 2056 at 03:57 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 15 April 2056 at 19:35 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 375 126 km
Moon is 375 126 km (233 092 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 631 km (252 669 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 26 March 2056 at 07:57 in ♋ Cancer, 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 7 April 2056 at 18:26 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
11 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 13:41 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-21.566°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠21.717° in its northern standstill point on 21 April 2056 at 07:19 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 14 April 2056 at 23:50 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.