First
Quarter* ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 45% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 45% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 22 August 2034 at 00:43 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 ∠23° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1897".
Sturgeon Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2034 after 8 days on 29 August 2034 at 16:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 August 2034 at 00:43
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 29 August 2034 at 16:49
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 5 September 2034 at 11:41
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 12 September 2034 at 16:14
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 428 / 1381
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 428 of Meeus index or 1381 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 21 minutes. It is 2 hours and 58 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 23 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 46 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠73.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠73.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠108.6°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 12:02. It is 13 days after previous perigee on 8 August 2034 at 08:24 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 2 September 2034 at 15:31 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 404 240 km
This apogee Moon is 404 240 km (251 183 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's closest apogee of 2034. It is 1 168 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 189 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 16 August 2034 at 16:01 in ♍ Virgo. 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 30 August 2034 at 22:58 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
4 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
10 days since the previous standstill on 10 August 2034 at 13:32 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.276°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.219° at the point of next southern standstill on 24 August 2034 at 17:42 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 29 August 2034 at 16:49 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.
