Last
Quarter* ♊ Gemini
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 30 August 2059 at 01:05 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1908"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1908" and ∠1900".
Harvest Moon after 23 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2059 after 23 days on 21 September 2059 at 17:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 30 August 2059 at 01:05
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 6 September 2059 at 23:01
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 September 2059 at 00:44
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 September 2059 at 17:18
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 737 / 1690
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 737 of Meeus index or 1690 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 737 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 23 minutes. It is 1 hour and 26 minutes shorter than next lunation 738 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 39 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 24 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠149.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠149.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠173.7°. 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 24 August 2059 at 02:14 in ♓ Pisces. 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 7 September 2059 at 16:10 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 375 675 km
Moon is 375 675 km (233 434 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 622 km (252 663 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 28 August 2059 at 20:26 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 September 2059 at 09:18 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 19 August 2059 at 20:09 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.789°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.870° in the next northern standstill on 1 September 2059 at 10:58 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 6 September 2059 at 23:01 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.