Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 59% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 59% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 10 February 2030 at 11:49 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1944".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2030 after 6 days on 18 February 2030 at 06:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 18 February 2030 at 06:20
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 25 February 2030 at 01:58
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 4 March 2030 at 06:35
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 12 March 2030 at 08:48
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 372 / 1325
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 372 of Meeus index or 1325 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
Length of current 372 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 27 minutes. It is 1 hour and 1 minute shorter than next lunation 373 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 43 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 20 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠67.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠67.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠104.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 10 February 2030 at 06:06 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 22 February 2030 at 10:01 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 404 719 km
Moon is 404 719 km (251 481 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 405 km (228 916 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 30 January 2030 at 03:28 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 13 February 2030 at 04:07 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 29 January 2030 at 16:28 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.491°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.393° in the next northern standstill on 12 February 2030 at 17:24 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 18 February 2030 at 06:20 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.