First
Quarter ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 47% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 28 July 2028 at 17:40 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 is entering ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1941"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1941" and ∠1890".
Sturgeon Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2028 after 7 days on 5 August 2028 at 08:10.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 5 August 2028 at 08:10
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 13 August 2028 at 11:45
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 20 August 2028 at 10:44
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 27 August 2028 at 01:36
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 353 / 1306
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 353 of Meeus index or 1306 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.32 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 42 minutes. It is 2 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 2 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 7 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠330.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠330.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠347.7°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 23 July 2028 at 22:14 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 8 August 2028 at 12:54 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 369 358 km
The Moon is 369 358 km (229 508 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 894 km (252 211 mi).
Moon before ascending node
6 days after descending node on 21 July 2028 at 16:09 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 3 August 2028 at 16:20 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 19 July 2028 at 07:49 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.940°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.931° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 August 2028 at 00:38 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 5 August 2028 at 08:10 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
