First
Quarter ♊ Gemini
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 ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 6 March 2006 at 20:16 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1859"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1859" and ∠1934".
Worm Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2006 after 8 days on 14 March 2006 at 23:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 14 March 2006 at 23:35
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 March 2006 at 19:10
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 29 March 2006 at 10:15
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 5 April 2006 at 12:01
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 76 / 1029
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 76 of Meeus index or 1029 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 44 minutes. It is 15 minutes longer 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 3 hours shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 9 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠2.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠2.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠19°.
Moon before perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 27 February 2006 at 20:27 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 March 2006 at 01:44 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 385 661 km
The Moon is 385 661 km (239 639 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 273 km (252 446 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 1 March 2006 at 16:25 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 15 March 2006 at 19:52 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 23 February 2006 at 09:37 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.648°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠28.694° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 March 2006 at 00:05 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 14 March 2006 at 23:35 in ♍ Virgo 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.
