Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 54% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 54% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 15 June 2005 at 01:22 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1810"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1810" and ∠1889".
Strawberry Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2005 after 6 days on 22 June 2005 at 04:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 22 June 2005 at 04:14
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 28 June 2005 at 18:23
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 6 July 2005 at 12:03
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 14 July 2005 at 15:20
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 67 / 1020
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 67 of Meeus index or 1020 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 7 minutes. It is 55 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 23 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 40 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠131.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠131.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠158.8°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 11 June 2005 at 06:11 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 June 2005 at 11:49 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 396 007 km
The Moon is 396 007 km (246 067 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 675 km (223 492 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 2 June 2005 at 15:14 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 17 June 2005 at 03:59 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
12 days 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 southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 8 June 2005 at 07:36 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.224°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.214° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 June 2005 at 07:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 22 June 2005 at 04:14 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
