Last
Quarter ♑ Capricorn
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 22 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 24 March 2098 at 18:26 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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1781"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1781" and ∠1924".
Pink Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2098 after 22 days on 15 April 2098 at 19:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 1 April 2098 at 19:47
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 8 April 2098 at 22:56
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 15 April 2098 at 19:04
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 23 April 2098 at 13:33
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 1214 / 2167
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1214 of Meeus index or 2167 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.66 days
Length of current 1214 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 45 minutes. It is 3 hours longer than next lunation 1215 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 1 minute longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 2 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠225.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠225.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠260.4°. 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 before apogee
9 days after point of perigee on 14 March 2098 at 23:15 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 26 March 2098 at 18:28 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 402 561 km
Moon is 402 561 km (250 140 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 823 km (251 545 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 19 March 2098 at 05:21 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 2 April 2098 at 16:45 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 17:32 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-28.293°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠28.320° in its northern standstill point on 7 April 2098 at 20:47 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 1 April 2098 at 19:47 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.