First
Quarter ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 49% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 1 February 2001 at 14:02 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1878"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1878" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2001 after 6 days on 8 February 2001 at 07:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 8 February 2001 at 07:12
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 15 February 2001 at 03:24
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 February 2001 at 08:21
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 3 March 2001 at 02:03
Lunar orbit position on
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 8 February 2001 at 07:12 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.
