Last
Quarter* ♌ Leo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 8 November 2058 at 07:47 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1770"
Lunar disc appears visually 9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1937".
Beaver Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2058 after 22 days on 30 November 2058 at 03:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 8 November 2058 at 07:47
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 16 November 2058 at 03:09
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 23 November 2058 at 00:16
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 30 November 2058 at 03:17
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 727 / 1680
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 727 of Meeus index or 1680 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
Length of current 727 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 4 minutes. It is 1 hour and 2 minutes longer than next lunation 728 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 20 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 43 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠257.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠257.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠294°. 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 before apogee
11 days after point of perigee on 27 October 2058 at 04:18 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 8 November 2058 at 10:49 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 405 044 km
Moon is 405 044 km (251 683 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 362 km (251 259 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 2 November 2058 at 14:30 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 November 2058 at 23:56 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days after previous North standstill on 5 November 2058 at 06:51 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.986°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.009° in the next southern standstill on 19 November 2058 at 09:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 16 November 2058 at 03:09 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.