First
Quarter ♏ Scorpio
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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 9 July 2019 at 10:55 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 ∠18° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1949"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1949" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2019 after 7 days on 16 July 2019 at 21:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 16 July 2019 at 21:38
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 25 July 2019 at 01:18
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 1 August 2019 at 03:12
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 7 August 2019 at 17:31
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 241 / 1194
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 241 of Meeus index or 1194 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 241 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 56 minutes. It is 31 minutes longer than next lunation 242 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠321.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠321.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠340.5°. 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 after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 5 July 2019 at 04:54 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 21 July 2019 at 00:01 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 367 760 km
Moon is 367 760 km (228 515 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 480 km (251 954 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after its ascending node on 3 July 2019 at 06:53 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 July 2019 at 09:05 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
6 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 2 July 2019 at 22:02 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠22.379°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-22.375° in the next southern standstill on 15 July 2019 at 22:49 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 16 July 2019 at 21:38 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.