First
Quarter ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 52% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 6 November 2027 at 08:00 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1936".
Beaver Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2027 after 7 days on 14 November 2027 at 03:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 14 November 2027 at 03:26
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 November 2027 at 00:48
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 November 2027 at 03:24
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 6 December 2027 at 05:22
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 344 / 1297
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 344 of Meeus index or 1297 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 48 minutes. It is 3 hours 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 4 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 59 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠61.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠61.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠96°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 11:37. It is 12 days after previous perigee on 25 October 2027 at 05:36 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 19 November 2027 at 00:10 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 404 183 km
This apogee Moon is 404 183 km (251 148 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 225 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 526 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 5 November 2027 at 16:54 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 19 November 2027 at 08:34 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 2 November 2027 at 01:17 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.700°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.619° at the point of next northern standstill on 16 November 2027 at 07:40 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 14 November 2027 at 03:26 in ♉ Taurus 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.
