First
Quarter ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 46% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 46% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 2 January 2001 at 22:31 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight. It is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
Moon in ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1823"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1823" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2001 after 7 days on 9 January 2001 at 20:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 9 January 2001 at 20:24
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 16 January 2001 at 12:35
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 24 January 2001 at 13:07
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 1 February 2001 at 14:02
Lunar orbit position on
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 9 January 2001 at 20:24 in ♋ Cancer 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.
