First
Quarter ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 51% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 51% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 14 March 2019 at 10:27 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 ∠24° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1921"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1921" and ∠1930".
Worm Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2019 after 6 days on 21 March 2019 at 01:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 21 March 2019 at 01:43
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 28 March 2019 at 04:10
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 5 April 2019 at 08:50
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 12 April 2019 at 19:06
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 237 / 1190
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 237 of Meeus index or 1190 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 47 minutes. It is 2 hours and 52 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 4 hours and 2 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠200.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠200.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠228.7°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 4 March 2019 at 11:25 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 March 2019 at 19:47 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 373 055 km
The Moon is 373 055 km (231 806 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 381 km (223 309 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 2 March 2019 at 11:03 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 16 March 2019 at 16:22 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
13 days since the previous standstill on 1 March 2019 at 06:23 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.642°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠21.761° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 March 2019 at 17:59 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 21 March 2019 at 01:43 in ♎ Libra 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.
