Last Quarter Moon
Last Quarter MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

Last Quarter in Cancer

Last Quarter on . The illuminated surface of the moon is 55% and getting smaller. The lunar cycle is 21 days old.

* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 14 October 2082 at 23:32 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises at midnight and sets at noon. It is visible to the south in the morning.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Beaver Moon after 22 days

Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2082 after 22 days on 5 November 2082 at 14:38.

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.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1842"

Lunar disc appears visually 4.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1842" and ∠1924".

Lunation 1023 / 1976

The Moon is 21 days old and navigating through the last part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 1023 of Meeus index or 1976 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.37 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 47 minutes and it is 42 minutes shorter than the upcoming lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit 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 3 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠342.2°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠342.2° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠358°.

Moon after apogee

5 days since point of apogee on 8 October 2082 at 14:12 in ♈ Aries the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 21 October 2082 at 21:44 in ♎ Libra.

Distance to Moon 389 045 km

The Moon is 389 045 km (241 741 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 831 km (221 725 mi).

Moon before descending node

11 days after ascending node on 2 October 2082 at 22:05 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 17 October 2082 at 11:28 in ♌ Leo.

Moon after northern standstill

1 day since the last northern standstill on 12 October 2082 at 18:49 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.713° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.625° at the point of next southern standstill on 25 October 2082 at 12:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Draconic month

11 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 7 days

In 7 days on 21 October 2082 at 18:50 in ♎ Libra 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.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov