Last
Quarter* ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 14 March 2061 at 08:31 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1930".
Pink Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2061 after 22 days on 4 April 2061 at 21:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 14 March 2061 at 08:31
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 March 2061 at 17:23
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 28 March 2061 at 09:26
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 4 April 2061 at 21:47
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 756 / 1709
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 756 of Meeus index or 1709 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
Length of current 756 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 52 minutes. It is 2 hours and 10 minutes longer than next lunation 757 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 52 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 17 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠299.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠299.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠324.8°. 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 after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 12 March 2061 at 02:00 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 March 2061 at 21:11 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 404 089 km
Moon is 404 089 km (251 089 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 081 km (225 608 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 8 March 2061 at 23:14 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 22 March 2061 at 23:32 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
17 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days after previous North standstill on 28 February 2061 at 20:22 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.299°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.381° in the next southern standstill on 15 March 2061 at 03:06 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 21 March 2061 at 17:23 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.