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
The length of the 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 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 2 hours and 52 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 17 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠325°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠325°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠343.6°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 29 October 2083 at 11:06 in ♊ Gemini. 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 10 November 2083 at 19:25 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 396 571 km
The Moon is 396 571 km (246 418 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 487 km (222 753 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 04:57 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 12 days later on 14 November 2083 at 20:37 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 29 October 2083 at 17:47 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.436°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.371° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 November 2083 at 02:36 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 9 November 2083 at 20:15 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
