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Moon phase on 28 June 2020 Sunday is First Quarter, 7 days young Moon is in Libra.

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Lunar calendar 2020 | June 2020

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

First Quarter 52% illuminated

First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.

* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 28 June 2020 at 08:16 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 ∠9° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"

Lunar disc appears visually 4.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1887".

Buck Moon after 6 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2020 after 6 days on 5 July 2020 at 04:44.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 5 July 2020 at 04:44
  • Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 12 July 2020 at 23:29
  • New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 20 July 2020 at 17:33
  • First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 27 July 2020 at 12:32

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 253 / 1206

The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 253 of Meeus index or 1206 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.45 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 52 minutes. It is 1 hour and 43 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 1 hour and 53 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 17 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠263.8°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠263.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠296.9°.

Moon before apogee

13 days after point of apogee on 15 June 2020 at 00:56 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 30 June 2020 at 02:09 in ♏ Scorpio.

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Distance to Moon 363 470 km

The Moon is 363 470 km (225 850 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 958 km (229 260 mi).

Moon before descending node

7 days after ascending node on 21 June 2020 at 04:24 in ♊ Gemini. 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 4 July 2020 at 03:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Draconic month

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

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Moon after northern standstill

6 days since the previous standstill on 22 June 2020 at 03:56 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.070°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.064° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 July 2020 at 01:37 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Syzygy in 6 days

In 6 days on 5 July 2020 at 04:44 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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