Last
Quarter ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 53% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 1 May 2062 at 18:33 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1780"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1780" and ∠1904".
Flower Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2062 after 21 days on 23 May 2062 at 07:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 9 May 2062 at 03:22
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 15 May 2062 at 18:17
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 23 May 2062 at 07:03
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 31 May 2062 at 10:44
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 770 / 1723
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 770 of Meeus index or 1723 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 6 minutes. It is 2 hours and 17 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 38 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 31 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠301.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠301.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠325.7°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 29 April 2062 at 08:55 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 11 May 2062 at 06:10 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 402 738 km
The Moon is 402 738 km (250 250 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 785 km (225 424 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 21 April 2062 at 04:56 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 May 2062 at 16:29 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
23 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 28 April 2062 at 07:22 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.595°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.528° at the point of next northern standstill on 11 May 2062 at 22:52 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 9 May 2062 at 03:22 in ♉ Taurus the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
