Last
Quarter ♎ Libra
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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 9 January 2094 at 21:36 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1828"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1828" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2094 after 22 days on 31 January 2094 at 12:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 16 January 2094 at 19:05
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 23 January 2094 at 11:34
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 31 January 2094 at 12:36
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 8 February 2094 at 12:45
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 1162 / 2115
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1162 of Meeus index or 2115 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 18 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2094. It is 40 minutes 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 26 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 43 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠335.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠335.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠352.5°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 4 January 2094 at 09:27 in ♌ Leo. 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 17 January 2094 at 05:33 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 392 097 km
The Moon is 392 097 km (243 638 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 139 km (221 916 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 2 January 2094 at 02:47 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 January 2094 at 02:40 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 1 January 2094 at 17:59 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.474°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.474° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 January 2094 at 19:36 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 16 January 2094 at 19:05 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
