Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 61% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 61% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 27 February 2023 at 08:06 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1795"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1795" and ∠1937".
Worm Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2023 after 7 days on 7 March 2023 at 12:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 7 March 2023 at 12:40
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 March 2023 at 02:08
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 March 2023 at 17:23
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 29 March 2023 at 02:32
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 286 / 1239
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 286 of Meeus index or 1239 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 286 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 17 minutes. It is 32 minutes shorter than next lunation 287 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 27 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 42 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠15.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠15.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠34.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of perigee on 19 February 2023 at 09:06 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 3 March 2023 at 18:01 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 399 290 km
Moon is 399 290 km (248 107 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 890 km (252 208 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 24 February 2023 at 18:56 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 11 March 2023 at 08:53 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 16 February 2023 at 14:36 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.629°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.716° in the next northern standstill on 1 March 2023 at 14:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 7 March 2023 at 12:40 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.