Last
Quarter* ♏ Scorpio
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 ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 16 February 2077 at 02:58 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1832"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1832" and ∠1942".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2077 after 22 days on 9 March 2077 at 17:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 February 2077 at 02:58
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 February 2077 at 23:07
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 1 March 2077 at 16:11
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 9 March 2077 at 17:42
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 953 / 1906
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 953 of Meeus index or 1906 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 953 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 21 minutes. It is 1 hour and 3 minutes longer than next lunation 954 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 46 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠339.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠339.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠355.5°. 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
5 days after point of apogee on 10 February 2077 at 02:41 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 February 2077 at 05:20 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 391 244 km
Moon is 391 244 km (243 108 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 7 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 817 km (221 716 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 2 February 2077 at 17:16 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 17 February 2077 at 08:19 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 4 February 2077 at 17:05 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.148°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.259° in the next southern standstill on 19 February 2077 at 06:40 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 22 February 2077 at 23:07 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.