Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 62% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 62% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 17 January 2005 at 06:58 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 ∠1829"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1829" and ∠1950".
Wolf Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2005 after 6 days on 25 January 2005 at 10:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 25 January 2005 at 10:32
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 2 February 2005 at 07:27
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 8 February 2005 at 22:28
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 16 February 2005 at 00:16
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.
Lunation 62 / 1015
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 62 of Meeus index or 1015 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 25 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2005. It is 17 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the 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 2 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 50 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠1.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠1.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠17.1°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 10 January 2005 at 10:07 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 23 January 2005 at 18:54 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 391 966 km
The Moon is 391 966 km (243 556 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 444 km (252 553 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 17 January 2005 at 07:32 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 31 January 2005 at 22:49 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 9 January 2005 at 11:17 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.938°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.973° at the point of next northern standstill on 22 January 2005 at 19:22 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 25 January 2005 at 10:32 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.
