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
Length of current 322 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours and 47 minutes longer than next lunation 323 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 25 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 38 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠239°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠239°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠276.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of apogee on 13 January 2026 at 20:48 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 29 January 2026 at 21:53 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 364 859 km
Moon is 364 859 km (226 713 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 878 km (227 346 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 22 January 2026 at 00:03 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 3 February 2026 at 19:18 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 16 January 2026 at 05:25 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.302°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.361° in the next northern standstill on 29 January 2026 at 17:02 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 1 February 2026 at 22:09 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.