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Moon phase on 10 July 2019 Wednesday is First Quarter, 8 days young Moon is in Scorpio.

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Lunar calendar 2019 | July 2019

First Quarter phase
First Quarter phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

First Quarter 62% illuminated

First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 62% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.

* 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 is entering ♏ Scorpio

Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1931"

Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1931" and ∠1887".

Buck Moon after 6 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2019 after 6 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 8 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.

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Synodic month length 29.33 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 56 minutes. It is 31 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 shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠321.4°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠321.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠340.5°.

Moon after perigee

5 days after point of perigee on 5 July 2019 at 04:54 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 July 2019 at 00:01 in ♓ Pisces.

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Distance to Moon 371 218 km

The Moon is 371 218 km (230 664 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 480 km (251 954 mi).

Moon before descending node

7 days after ascending node on 3 July 2019 at 06:53 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 July 2019 at 09:05 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Draconic month

7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon before southern standstill

7 days since the previous standstill on 2 July 2019 at 22:02 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.379°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.375° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 July 2019 at 22:49 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Syzygy in 6 days

In 6 days on 16 July 2019 at 21:38 in ♑ Capricorn 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.

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