Last
Quarter ♓ Pisces
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 ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 30 May 2100 at 19:35 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1809"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1809" and ∠1893".
Strawberry Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2100 after 22 days on 22 June 2100 at 01:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 7 June 2100 at 23:31
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 15 June 2100 at 09:41
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 22 June 2100 at 01:11
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 29 June 2100 at 11:52
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 1241 / 2194
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1241 of Meeus index or 2194 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 38 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 54 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 9 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠200.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠200.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠227.5°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 22 May 2100 at 11:04 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 3 June 2100 at 17:09 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 396 146 km
The Moon is 396 146 km (246 154 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 537 km (251 989 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 18 May 2100 at 10:11 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 31 May 2100 at 02:55 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 25 May 2100 at 09:50 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.230°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.177° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 June 2100 at 18:51 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 7 June 2100 at 23:31 in ♊ Gemini 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.
