Waxing
Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 62% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 62% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 14 August 2032 at 07:51 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1884"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1884" and ∠1895".
Sturgeon Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2032 after 5 days on 21 August 2032 at 01:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 21 August 2032 at 01:47
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 August 2032 at 19:33
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 4 September 2032 at 20:57
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 September 2032 at 18:49
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 403 / 1356
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 403 of Meeus index or 1356 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.66 days
Length of current 403 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 45 minutes. It is 45 minutes shorter than next lunation 404 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 1 minute longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 2 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠166.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠166.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠189.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of apogee on 7 August 2032 at 17:16 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 August 2032 at 03:52 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 380 517 km
Moon is 380 517 km (236 442 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 879 km (221 754 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 12 August 2032 at 19:55 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 25 August 2032 at 09:01 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days after previous North standstill on 1 August 2032 at 21:35 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.514°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.386° in the next southern standstill on 16 August 2032 at 13:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 21 August 2032 at 01:47 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.