Last
Quarter ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 53% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 2 November 2083 at 19:30 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1807"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1807" and ∠1934".
Beaver Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2083 after 21 days on 24 November 2083 at 08:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 9 November 2083 at 20:15
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 16 November 2083 at 11:48
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 24 November 2083 at 08:23
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 2 December 2083 at 12:06
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 1036 / 1989
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1036 of Meeus index or 1989 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 1036 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 52 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2083. It is 18 minutes shorter than next lunation 1037 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 52 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 17 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠325°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠325°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠343.6°. 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
4 days after point of apogee on 29 October 2083 at 11:06 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 November 2083 at 19:25 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 396 571 km
Moon is 396 571 km (246 418 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 487 km (222 753 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 04:57 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet ascending node on 14 November 2083 at 20:37 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 29 October 2083 at 17:47 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.436°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.371° in the next southern standstill on 12 November 2083 at 02:36 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 9 November 2083 at 20:15 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.