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 ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 17 September 2060 at 01:00 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1944"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1944" and ∠1909".
Hunter Moon after 23 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2060 after 23 days on 9 October 2060 at 18:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 17 September 2060 at 01:00
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 24 September 2060 at 15:53
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 2 October 2060 at 20:41
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 9 October 2060 at 18:41
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 750 / 1703
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 750 of Meeus index or 1703 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
Length of current 750 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 57 minutes. It is 2 hours and 35 minutes shorter than next lunation 751 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 13 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 50 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠119.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠119.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠149.6°. 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
4 days after point of perigee on 12 September 2060 at 02:40 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 27 September 2060 at 17:42 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 368 635 km
Moon is 368 635 km (229 059 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 086 km (252 330 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 13 September 2060 at 04:20 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 26 September 2060 at 21:59 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 5 September 2060 at 02:26 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.952°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.029° in the next northern standstill on 17 September 2060 at 19:05 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 24 September 2060 at 15:53 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.