Waxing
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 55% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 55% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 13 July 2024 at 22:49 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♏ Scorpio later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1779"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1779" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2024 after 6 days on 21 July 2024 at 10:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 21 July 2024 at 10:17
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 July 2024 at 02:51
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 4 August 2024 at 11:13
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 12 August 2024 at 15:19
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 303 / 1256
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 303 of Meeus index or 1256 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
Length of current 303 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 27 minutes shorter than next lunation 304 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 28 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 41 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠93.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠93.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠127.3°. 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
2 days after point of apogee on 12 July 2024 at 08:12 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 24 July 2024 at 05:43 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 402 946 km
Moon is 402 946 km (250 379 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 914 km (226 747 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 12 July 2024 at 22:27 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 26 July 2024 at 05:33 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 5 July 2024 at 00:08 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.352°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.404° in the next southern standstill on 19 July 2024 at 10:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 21 July 2024 at 10:17 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.