Last
Quarter* ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 58% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 58% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 26 October 2100 at 07:19 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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1831"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1831" and ∠1930".
Beaver Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2100 after 22 days on 16 November 2100 at 22:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 26 October 2100 at 07:19
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 2 November 2100 at 03:14
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 8 November 2100 at 20:15
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 November 2100 at 22:19
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 1246 / 2199
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1246 of Meeus index or 2199 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 12 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2100. It is 34 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 3 hours and 32 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 37 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠340.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠340.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠356.4°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 20 October 2100 at 04:03 in ♉ Taurus. 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 2 November 2100 at 08:19 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 391 519 km
The Moon is 391 519 km (243 279 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 834 km (221 726 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 14 October 2100 at 06:36 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 October 2100 at 20:12 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 23 October 2100 at 08:12 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.129°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.051° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 November 2100 at 05:15 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 2 November 2100 at 03:14 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.
