First
Quarter ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 48% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 48% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 29 October 2025 at 16:21 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1836"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1836" and ∠1932".
Beaver Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2025 after 7 days on 5 November 2025 at 13:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 5 November 2025 at 13:19
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 12 November 2025 at 05:28
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 20 November 2025 at 06:47
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 28 November 2025 at 06:59
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 319 / 1272
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 319 of Meeus index or 1272 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.77 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 22 minutes. It is 34 minutes shorter 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 5 hours and 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠156.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠156.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠181.4°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 23 October 2025 at 23:31 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 5 November 2025 at 22:29 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 390 486 km
The Moon is 390 486 km (242 637 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 833 km (221 726 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 18 October 2025 at 04:34 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 1 November 2025 at 17:46 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, 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 26 October 2025 at 12:50 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.457°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.387° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 November 2025 at 11:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 5 November 2025 at 13:19 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.
