Last
Quarter* ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 57% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 57% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 11 June 2061 at 02:42 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1886"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1886" and ∠1890".
Buck Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2061 after 22 days on 2 July 2061 at 20:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 11 June 2061 at 02:42
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 17 June 2061 at 18:03
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 24 June 2061 at 16:54
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 2 July 2061 at 20:52
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 759 / 1712
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 759 of Meeus index or 1712 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.29 days
Length of current 759 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 1 minute. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2061. It is 7 minutes shorter than next lunation 760 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 44 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 25 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠358.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠358.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠13.9°. 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 2 June 2061 at 04:48 in ♐ Sagittarius. 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 16 June 2061 at 22:16 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 379 998 km
Moon is 379 998 km (236 120 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 371 km (222 681 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 29 May 2061 at 16:23 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 13 June 2061 at 01:57 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 4 June 2061 at 22:36 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.272°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.260° in the next northern standstill on 18 June 2061 at 03:42 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 17 June 2061 at 18:03 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.