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
Length of current 428 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 21 minutes. It is 2 hours and 58 minutes shorter than next lunation 429 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 23 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 46 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠73.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠73.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠108.6°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 12:02, this is 13 days after last perigee on 8 August 2034 at 08:24 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the 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 farther 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 its ascending node on 16 August 2034 at 16:01 in ♍ Virgo, 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 30 August 2034 at 22:58 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 10 August 2034 at 13:32 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.276°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.219° in the next southern standstill on 24 August 2034 at 17:42 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 29 August 2034 at 16:49 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.