Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 56% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 56% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 18 June 2002 at 00:29 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 is entering ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1888".
Strawberry Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2002 after 6 days on 24 June 2002 at 21:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 24 June 2002 at 21:42
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 2 July 2002 at 17:19
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 10 July 2002 at 10:26
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 17 July 2002 at 04:47
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 30 / 983
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 30 of Meeus index or 983 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes. It is 1 hour and 51 minutes longer 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 2 hours and 5 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 5 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠268.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠268.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠300.4°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 4 June 2002 at 12:58 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 June 2002 at 07:24 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 363 297 km
The Moon is 363 297 km (225 742 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 308 km (229 477 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 10 June 2002 at 20:00 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 23 June 2002 at 18:39 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 12 June 2002 at 14:17 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.058°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.048° at the point of next southern standstill on 25 June 2002 at 11:49 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 24 June 2002 at 21:42 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.
