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Moon phase on 21 June 2026 Sunday is First Quarter, 7 days young Moon is in Virgo.

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Lunar calendar 2026 | June 2026

First Quarter phase
First Quarter phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

First Quarter 46% illuminated

First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 46% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.

* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 21 June 2026 at 21:55 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 ♍ Virgo

Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1862"

Lunar disc appears visually 1.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1862" and ∠1888".

Strawberry Moon after 8 days

Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2026 after 8 days on 29 June 2026 at 23:57.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 29 June 2026 at 23:57
  • Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 7 July 2026 at 19:29
  • New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 July 2026 at 09:43
  • First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 21 July 2026 at 11:06

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 327 / 1280

The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 327 of Meeus index or 1280 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.28 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 49 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2026. It is 1 hour and 4 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).

Lunation length shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠2.5°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠2.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠18°.

Moon after perigee

6 days after point of perigee on 14 June 2026 at 23:18 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 28 June 2026 at 07:11 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Distance to Moon 384 956 km

The Moon is 384 956 km (239 201 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 267 km (252 443 mi).

Moon after descending node

1 day after descending node on 19 June 2026 at 17:57 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 4 July 2026 at 07:51 in ♓ Pisces.

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Draconic month

14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.

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Moon after northern standstill

6 days since the previous standstill on 15 June 2026 at 05:29 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.989°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.988° at the point of next southern standstill on 28 June 2026 at 22:06 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Syzygy in 8 days

In 8 days on 29 June 2026 at 23:57 in ♑ Capricorn 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.

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