Last
Quarter ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 54% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 54% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 30 April 2081 at 21:24 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 ∠6° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1778"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1778" and ∠1904".
Flower Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2081 after 22 days on 22 May 2081 at 20:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 8 May 2081 at 22:09
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 15 May 2081 at 23:21
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 22 May 2081 at 20:26
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 30 May 2081 at 15:35
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 1005 / 1958
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1005 of Meeus index or 1958 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 54 minutes. It is 3 hours and 1 minute 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 10 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 53 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠231.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠231.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠265.8°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 20 April 2081 at 18:04 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 2 May 2081 at 14:12 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 403 042 km
The Moon is 403 042 km (250 439 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 484 km (251 335 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 20 April 2081 at 16:02 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 4 May 2081 at 10:34 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
23 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, 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 27 April 2081 at 11:19 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.521°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.437° at the point of next northern standstill on 11 May 2081 at 21:38 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 8 May 2081 at 22:09 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.
