First
Quarter ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 53% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 1 November 2022 at 06:37 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1934".
Beaver Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2022 after 6 days on 8 November 2022 at 11:02.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 8 November 2022 at 11:02
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 16 November 2022 at 13:27
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 23 November 2022 at 22:57
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 30 November 2022 at 14:36
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 282 / 1235
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 282 of Meeus index or 1235 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 9 minutes. It is 49 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 36 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 34 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠299.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠299.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠325.5°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 29 October 2022 at 14:48 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 14 November 2022 at 06:41 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 364 415 km
The Moon is 364 415 km (226 437 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 924 km (251 608 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 26 October 2022 at 06:30 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 8 November 2022 at 06:08 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
20 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 after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 30 October 2022 at 01:04 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.500°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.497° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 November 2022 at 14:17 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 8 November 2022 at 11:02 in ♉ Taurus 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.
