Last
Quarter ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 53% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 17 January 2058 at 19:43 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1885"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1885" and ∠1950".
Snow Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2058 after 22 days on 8 February 2058 at 15:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 24 January 2058 at 12:14
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 31 January 2058 at 10:28
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 8 February 2058 at 15:54
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 February 2058 at 07:16
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 717 / 1670
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 717 of Meeus index or 1670 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 717 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 52 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2058. It is 10 minutes longer than next lunation 718 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 52 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 17 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠355.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠355.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠10.9°. 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
8 days after point of apogee on 9 January 2058 at 06:58 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 January 2058 at 21:00 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 380 201 km
Moon is 380 201 km (236 246 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 538 km (222 164 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 7 January 2058 at 16:37 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 21 January 2058 at 19:04 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 9 January 2058 at 03:44 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.506°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.534° in the next southern standstill on 22 January 2058 at 23:21 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 24 January 2058 at 12:14 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.