First
Quarter ♑ Capricorn
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 ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 1 October 2014 at 19:33 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1938"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1938" and ∠1917".
Hunter Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2014 after 6 days on 8 October 2014 at 10:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 8 October 2014 at 10:51
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 15 October 2014 at 19:12
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 23 October 2014 at 21:57
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 31 October 2014 at 02:48
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 182 / 1135
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 182 of Meeus index or 1135 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 43 minutes. It is 1 hour and 7 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 59 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 4 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠218.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠218.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠252.3°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 20 September 2014 at 14:22 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 6 October 2014 at 09:41 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 369 838 km
The Moon is 369 838 km (229 807 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 481 km (225 235 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 25 September 2014 at 17:41 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 8 October 2014 at 17:44 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
5 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 30 September 2014 at 19:29 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.528°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.517° at the point of next northern standstill on 13 October 2014 at 13:34 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 8 October 2014 at 10:51 in ♈ Aries 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.
