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 8 September 2069 at 01:22 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 ∠8° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1960"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1960" and ∠1905".
Harvest Moon after 23 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2069 after 23 days on 30 September 2069 at 18:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 8 September 2069 at 01:22
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 15 September 2069 at 11:35
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 23 September 2069 at 16:23
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 30 September 2069 at 18:09
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 861 / 1814
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 861 of Meeus index or 1814 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 32 minutes. It is 2 hours and 56 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 48 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 15 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠99.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠99.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠133.4°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 3 September 2069 at 20:15 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 19 September 2069 at 17:06 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 365 751 km
The Moon is 365 751 km (227 267 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 575 km (252 013 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 5 September 2069 at 05:58 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 18 September 2069 at 23:24 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 26 August 2069 at 12:58 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.563°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠19.464° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 September 2069 at 10:56 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 15 September 2069 at 11:35 in ♍ Virgo 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.
