First
Quarter ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 50% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 50% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 5 August 2022 at 11:06 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1924"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1924" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2022 after 6 days on 12 August 2022 at 01:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 12 August 2022 at 01:36
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 19 August 2022 at 04:36
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 27 August 2022 at 08:17
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 3 September 2022 at 18:08
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 279 / 1232
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 279 of Meeus index or 1232 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 22 minutes. It is 45 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 1 hour and 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠202°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠202°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠230.2°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 26 July 2022 at 10:22 in ♋ Cancer. 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 10 August 2022 at 17:14 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 372 604 km
The Moon is 372 604 km (231 525 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 830 km (223 588 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♏ Scorpio at 20:30 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 12 days later on 18 August 2022 at 10:59 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 26 July 2022 at 09:19 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.941°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.024° at the point of next southern standstill on 9 August 2022 at 06:36 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 12 August 2022 at 01:36 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
