Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 54% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 54% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 26 January 2026 at 04:47 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1965"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1949".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2026 after 6 days on 1 February 2026 at 22:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 1 February 2026 at 22:09
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 9 February 2026 at 12:43
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 17 February 2026 at 12:01
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 February 2026 at 12:28
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 322 / 1275
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 322 of Meeus index or 1275 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours and 47 minutes 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 3 hours and 25 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 38 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠239°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠239°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠276.3°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 13 January 2026 at 20:48 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 29 January 2026 at 21:53 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 364 859 km
The Moon is 364 859 km (226 713 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 878 km (227 346 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 22 January 2026 at 00:03 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 3 February 2026 at 19:18 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
4 days 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
10 days since the previous standstill on 16 January 2026 at 05:25 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.302°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.361° at the point of next northern standstill on 29 January 2026 at 17:02 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 1 February 2026 at 22:09 in ♌ Leo 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.
