Waxing
Gibbous ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 57% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 57% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 21 April 2029 at 19:50 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1914"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1914" and ∠1908".
Pink Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2029 after 5 days on 28 April 2029 at 10:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 28 April 2029 at 10:37
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 5 May 2029 at 09:48
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 13 May 2029 at 13:42
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 May 2029 at 04:16
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 362 / 1315
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 362 of Meeus index or 1315 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 2 minutes. It is 1 hour and 54 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 18 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 45 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠188.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠188.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠213.4°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 12 April 2029 at 23:04 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 27 April 2029 at 16:24 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 374 413 km
The Moon is 374 413 km (232 649 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 829 km (222 345 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 19 April 2029 at 21:27 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 2 May 2029 at 09:41 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
17 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 after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 18 April 2029 at 10:56 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.526°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.466° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 May 2029 at 04:13 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 28 April 2029 at 10:37 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
