Last
Quarter* ♉ Taurus
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 7 August 2072 at 04:15 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1818"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1818" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2072 after 22 days on 28 August 2072 at 15:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 7 August 2072 at 04:15
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 14 August 2072 at 01:21
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 August 2072 at 17:20
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 August 2072 at 15:59
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 897 / 1850
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 897 of Meeus index or 1850 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 25 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2072. It is 21 minutes shorter 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 5 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 50 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠333.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠333.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠350.4°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 1 August 2072 at 19:10 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 14 August 2072 at 14:59 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 394 160 km
The Moon is 394 160 km (244 920 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 834 km (222 348 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 1 August 2072 at 17:10 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 15 August 2072 at 05:10 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 27 July 2072 at 08:30 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.639°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.592° at the point of next northern standstill on 10 August 2072 at 21:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 14 August 2072 at 01:21 in ♌ Leo 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.
