First
Quarter ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 51% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 51% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 3 August 2033 at 10:26 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1783"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1783" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2033 after 7 days on 10 August 2033 at 18:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 10 August 2033 at 18:08
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 17 August 2033 at 09:43
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 24 August 2033 at 21:40
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 2 September 2033 at 02:24
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 415 / 1368
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 415 of Meeus index or 1368 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
Length of current 415 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 27 minutes. It is 2 hours and 33 minutes shorter than next lunation 416 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 43 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 20 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠108.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠108.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠140.6°. 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
2 days after point of apogee on 31 July 2033 at 23:13 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 12 August 2033 at 21:22 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 401 892 km
Moon is 401 892 km (249 724 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 710 km (225 378 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 1 August 2033 at 03:38 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 14 August 2033 at 11:54 in ♈ Aries.
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
11 days after previous North standstill on 23 July 2033 at 11:24 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.624°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.529° in the next southern standstill on 7 August 2033 at 00:25 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 10 August 2033 at 18:08 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.