Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 58% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 58% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 15 January 2008 at 19:46 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 ∠5° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1969"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2008 after 6 days on 22 January 2008 at 13:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 22 January 2008 at 13:35
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 30 January 2008 at 05:03
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 7 February 2008 at 03:44
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 14 February 2008 at 03:34
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 99 / 1052
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 99 of Meeus index or 1052 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 99 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 7 minutes. It is 2 hours and 37 minutes longer than next lunation 100 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 23 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 40 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠242.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠242.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠280°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
13 days after point of apogee on 3 January 2008 at 08:06 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 19 January 2008 at 08:39 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 363 992 km
Moon is 363 992 km (226 174 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 436 km (227 693 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 11 January 2008 at 15:17 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 24 January 2008 at 10:49 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 6 January 2008 at 15:50 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.939°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.985° in the next northern standstill on 19 January 2008 at 23:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 22 January 2008 at 13:35 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.