Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 60% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 60% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 19 January 2032 at 12:14 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1863"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1863" and ∠1950".
Wolf Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2032 after 7 days on 27 January 2032 at 12:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 27 January 2032 at 12:52
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 4 February 2032 at 13:49
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 11 February 2032 at 06:24
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 18 February 2032 at 03:29
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 396 / 1349
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 396 of Meeus index or 1349 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 396 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 18 minutes. It is 18 minutes longer than next lunation 397 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 27 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 43 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠351.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠351.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠6.9°. 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 perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 13 January 2032 at 07:55 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 27 January 2032 at 16:13 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 384 788 km
Moon is 384 788 km (239 096 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 533 km (252 608 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♉ Taurus at 20:00 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet ascending node on 4 February 2032 at 11:35 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 10 January 2032 at 16:49 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.298°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.240° in the next northern standstill on 23 January 2032 at 14:33 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 27 January 2032 at 12:52 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.