Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 57% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 57% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 19 February 2021 at 18:47 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 ∠10° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1778"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1778" and ∠1940".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2021 after 6 days on 27 February 2021 at 08:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 27 February 2021 at 08:17
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 March 2021 at 01:30
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 13 March 2021 at 10:21
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 21 March 2021 at 14:40
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 261 / 1214
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 261 of Meeus index or 1214 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 15 minutes. It is 55 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 31 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 32 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠87°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠87°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠124.3°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 18 February 2021 at 10:22 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 2 March 2021 at 05:19 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 403 113 km
The Moon is 403 113 km (250 483 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 422 km (227 063 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after descending node on 7 February 2021 at 00:29 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 21 February 2021 at 01:44 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 8 February 2021 at 15:34 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.953°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠25.056° at the point of next northern standstill on 23 February 2021 at 00:12 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 27 February 2021 at 08:17 in ♍ Virgo 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.
