First
Quarter ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 52% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 23 July 2034 at 07:05 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 is entering ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1772"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1772" and ∠1889".
Buck Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2034 after 7 days on 31 July 2034 at 05:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 31 July 2034 at 05:54
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 7 August 2034 at 06:50
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 14 August 2034 at 03:53
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 August 2034 at 00:43
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 427 / 1380
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 427 of Meeus index or 1380 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 38 minutes. It is 2 hours and 43 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 3 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠45.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠45.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠73.9°.
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of perigee on 12 July 2034 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 24 July 2034 at 17:20 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 404 576 km
The Moon is 404 576 km (251 392 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 334 km (251 241 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 20 July 2034 at 09:54 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 3 August 2034 at 16:44 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 14 July 2034 at 05:13 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.385°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.336° at the point of next southern standstill on 28 July 2034 at 08:38 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 31 July 2034 at 05:54 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
