Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 61% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 61% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 24 February 2026 at 12:28 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2026 after 5 days on 3 March 2026 at 11:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 March 2026 at 11:38
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 March 2026 at 09:39
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 19 March 2026 at 01:23
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 25 March 2026 at 19:18
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 323 / 1276
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 323 of Meeus index or 1276 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
Length of current 323 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 22 minutes. It is 2 hours and 54 minutes longer than next lunation 324 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 38 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 25 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠276.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠276.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠307.9°. 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 after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 24 February 2026 at 23:18 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 10 March 2026 at 13:43 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 363 728 km
Moon is 363 728 km (226 010 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 385 km (251 273 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 18 February 2026 at 06:19 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 3 March 2026 at 04:35 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 23:23 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠28.428°. This is the year's northernmost lunar standstill of 2026. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-28.416° in its southern standstill point on 11 March 2026 at 21:12 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 3 March 2026 at 11:38 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.