First
Quarter ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 49% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 15 February 2035 at 13:17 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1969"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1942".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2035 after 6 days on 22 February 2035 at 08:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 22 February 2035 at 08:54
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 2 March 2035 at 03:01
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 9 March 2035 at 23:09
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 16 March 2035 at 20:15
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 434 / 1387
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 434 of Meeus index or 1387 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 47 minutes. It is 2 hours and 59 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 3 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠255.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠255.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠291.6°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 2 February 2035 at 12:48 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 18 February 2035 at 05:31 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 364 091 km
The Moon is 364 091 km (226 236 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 326 km (228 867 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 10 February 2035 at 07:03 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 February 2035 at 04:20 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 4 February 2035 at 16:35 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.448°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.402° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 February 2035 at 04:16 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 22 February 2035 at 08:54 in ♍ Virgo 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.
