Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 55% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 55% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 1 July 2017 at 00:51 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1819"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1819" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2017 after 7 days on 9 July 2017 at 04:07.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 9 July 2017 at 04:07
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 16 July 2017 at 19:26
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 23 July 2017 at 09:46
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 30 July 2017 at 15:23
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 216 / 1169
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 216 of Meeus index or 1169 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
Length of current 216 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 15 minutes. It is 1 hour and 30 minutes shorter than next lunation 217 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 29 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 40 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠11°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠11°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠27.9°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of perigee on 23 June 2017 at 10:49 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 6 July 2017 at 04:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 394 117 km
Moon is 394 117 km (244 893 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 934 km (252 236 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 27 June 2017 at 16:26 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 July 2017 at 05:17 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 24 June 2017 at 11:12 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.434°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.440° in the next southern standstill on 8 July 2017 at 10:49 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 9 July 2017 at 04:07 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.