First
Quarter ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 50% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 50% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 2 November 2030 at 11:56 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 ∠10° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1933"
Lunar disc appears visually 0% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1933" and ∠1934".
Beaver Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2030 after 7 days on 10 November 2030 at 03:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 10 November 2030 at 03:30
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 18 November 2030 at 08:32
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 25 November 2030 at 06:46
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 1 December 2030 at 22:57
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 381 / 1334
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 381 of Meeus index or 1334 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 30 minutes. It is 16 minutes shorter 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 2 hours and 15 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 55 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠332.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠332.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠349.8°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 28 October 2030 at 12:07 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 November 2030 at 05:00 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 370 760 km
The Moon is 370 760 km (230 380 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 993 km (252 272 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 29 October 2030 at 03:24 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 11 November 2030 at 18:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, 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 29 October 2030 at 20:28 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.941°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠21.904° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 November 2030 at 16:17 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 10 November 2030 at 03:30 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.
