First
Quarter ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 53% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 25 October 2028 at 04:53 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 ∠6° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1803"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1803" and ∠1930".
Beaver Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2028 after 7 days on 2 November 2028 at 09:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 2 November 2028 at 09:17
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 9 November 2028 at 21:26
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 16 November 2028 at 13:18
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 24 November 2028 at 00:15
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 356 / 1309
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 356 of Meeus index or 1309 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 21 minutes. It is 2 hours and 27 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 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 46 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠18.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠18.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠37.4°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 17 October 2028 at 00:41 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 29 October 2028 at 06:55 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 397 450 km
The Moon is 397 450 km (246 964 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 560 km (252 003 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 23 October 2028 at 23:55 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 7 November 2028 at 12:08 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 21 October 2028 at 21:48 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-25.357°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠25.251° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 November 2028 at 12:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 2 November 2028 at 09:17 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.
