First
Quarter ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 49% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 27 May 2023 at 15:22 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 is entering ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1773"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1773" and ∠1894".
Strawberry Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2023 after 7 days on 4 June 2023 at 03:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 June 2023 at 03:42
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 10 June 2023 at 19:31
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 18 June 2023 at 04:37
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 26 June 2023 at 07:50
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 289 / 1242
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 289 of Meeus index or 1242 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
Length of current 289 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 44 minutes. It is 1 hour and 11 minutes shorter than next lunation 290 length.
Lunation length same as the mean
Length of current synodic month is equal to the mean length of synodic month. It is 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the 21st century shortest and 7 hours and 3 minutes shorter than the 21st century longest synodic month.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠92.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠92.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠127.4°. 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 after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 26 May 2023 at 01:39 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 June 2023 at 23:07 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 404 295 km
Moon is 404 295 km (251 217 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 860 km (226 713 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 17 May 2023 at 19:36 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 1 June 2023 at 06:23 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 22 May 2023 at 14:08 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.903°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.866° in the next southern standstill on 5 June 2023 at 16:21 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 4 June 2023 at 03:42 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.