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

First Quarter in Aquarius

First Quarter on . The illuminated surface of the moon is 60% and growing larger. The lunar cycle is 8 days young.

* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 11 October 2089 at 11:22 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

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

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon is entering ♒ Aquarius

Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.

Hunter Moon after 7 days

Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2089 after 7 days on 19 October 2089 at 13:04.

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.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"

Lunar disc appears visually 8.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1923".

Lunation 1110 / 2063

The Moon is 8 days young and navigating through the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 1110 of Meeus index or 2063 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.49 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 40 minutes and it is 2 hours and 37 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 shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 4 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 5 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠38.1°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠38.1° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠64.1°.

Moon before apogee

10 days since point of perigee on 1 October 2089 at 16:29 in ♌ Leo the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 October 2089 at 11:47 in ♒ Aquarius.

Distance to Moon 404 732 km

The Moon is 404 732 km (251 489 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 603 km (251 409 mi).

Moon before descending node

8 days after ascending node on 3 October 2089 at 21:22 in ♎ Libra the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 18 October 2089 at 03:46 in ♈ Aries.

Moon after southern standstill

2 days since the last southern standstill on 9 October 2089 at 17:53 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.220° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.262° at the point of next northern standstill on 24 October 2089 at 02:33 in ♊ Gemini.

Draconic month

8 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♎ Libra the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 7 days

In 7 days on 19 October 2089 at 13:04 in ♈ Aries 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