First
Quarter ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 47% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 27 December 2025 at 19:10 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1924"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1924" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2026 after 6 days on 3 January 2026 at 10:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 3 January 2026 at 10:03
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 10 January 2026 at 15:48
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 18 January 2026 at 19:52
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 26 January 2026 at 04:47
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 321 / 1274
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 321 of Meeus index or 1274 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 25 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 38 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠207°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠207°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠239°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 17 December 2025 at 06:09 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 January 2026 at 21:43 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 372 460 km
The Moon is 372 460 km (231 436 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 348 km (223 910 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 25 December 2025 at 22:03 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 7 January 2026 at 11:22 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 19 December 2025 at 23:18 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.233°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.265° at the point of next northern standstill on 2 January 2026 at 08:20 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 3 January 2026 at 10:03 in ♋ Cancer 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.
