First Quarter Moon
First Quarter MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

First Quarter in Taurus

First Quarter on . Illuminated surface of the Moon is 48% and growing larger. Lunar cycle is 7 days young.

* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 26 January 2064 at 17:42 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight. It is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.

Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon is entering ♉ Taurus

Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.

Snow Moon after 7 days

Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2064 after 7 days on 2 February 2064 at 21:37.

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.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1795"

Lunar disc appears visually 8.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1795" and ∠1949".

Lunation 792 / 1745

The Moon is 7 days young and navigating through the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 792 of Meeus index or 1745 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.77 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 26 minutes and it is 16 minutes shorter than the upcoming lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).

Lunation length longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 42 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 21 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠125.9°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠125.9° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠156.8°.

Moon after apogee

3 days since point of apogee on 23 January 2064 at 05:31 in ♓ Pisces 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 4 February 2064 at 06:21 in ♍ Virgo.

Distance to Moon 399 245 km

The Moon is 399 245 km (248 079 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 865 km (223 610 mi).

Moon after ascending node

5 days after ascending node on 20 January 2064 at 17:11 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 3 February 2064 at 15:20 in ♌ Leo.

Moon before northern standstill

10 days since the last southern standstill on 15 January 2064 at 20:47 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.815° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.857° at the point of next northern standstill on 30 January 2064 at 10:58 in ♊ Gemini.

Draconic month

5 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 7 days

In 7 days on 2 February 2064 at 21:37 in ♌ Leo the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov