Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 54% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 54% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 9 June 2030 at 03:36 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1908"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1908" and ∠1890".
Strawberry Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2030 after 6 days on 15 June 2030 at 18:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 June 2030 at 18:41
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 22 June 2030 at 17:19
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 30 June 2030 at 21:34
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 8 July 2030 at 11:02
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 376 / 1329
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 376 of Meeus index or 1329 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 13 minutes. It is 1 hour and 36 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 2 hours and 29 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 34 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠189°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠189°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠213.7°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 31 May 2030 at 06:14 in ♉ Taurus. 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 14 June 2030 at 23:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 375 724 km
The Moon is 375 724 km (233 464 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 183 km (222 565 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 1 June 2030 at 17:30 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 15 June 2030 at 05:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 1 June 2030 at 20:22 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.730°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.735° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 June 2030 at 07:44 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 15 June 2030 at 18:41 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.
