First
Quarter ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 47% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 8 August 2008 at 20:20 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1782"
Lunar disc appears visually 6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1782" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2008 after 8 days on 16 August 2008 at 21:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 16 August 2008 at 21:16
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 23 August 2008 at 23:50
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 30 August 2008 at 19:58
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 7 September 2008 at 14:04
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 106 / 1059
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 106 of Meeus index or 1059 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 45 minutes. It is 2 hours and 29 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 59 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 10 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠39.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠39.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠64.9°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 29 July 2008 at 23:24 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 10 August 2008 at 20:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 402 257 km
The Moon is 402 257 km (249 951 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 558 km (251 381 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 2 August 2008 at 01:21 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 16 August 2008 at 10:27 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 29 July 2008 at 06:17 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.598°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.611° at the point of next southern standstill on 11 August 2008 at 22:13 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 16 August 2008 at 21:16 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
