First
Quarter ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 47% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 3 September 2022 at 18:08 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1952"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1952" and ∠1902".
Harvest Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2022 after 6 days on 10 September 2022 at 09:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 10 September 2022 at 09:59
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 17 September 2022 at 21:52
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 25 September 2022 at 21:54
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 October 2022 at 00:14
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 280 / 1233
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 280 of Meeus index or 1233 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 37 minutes. It is 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 53 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 10 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠230.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠230.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠265.5°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 22 August 2022 at 21:53 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 7 September 2022 at 18:17 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 367 274 km
The Moon is 367 274 km (228 213 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 491 km (226 484 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 1 September 2022 at 21:12 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 14 September 2022 at 14:49 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
16 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
11 days since the previous standstill on 22 August 2022 at 15:08 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.100°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.219° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 September 2022 at 13:56 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 10 September 2022 at 09:59 in ♓ Pisces 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.
