First
Quarter ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 47% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 12 June 2035 at 19:50 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1886"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1886" and ∠1889".
Strawberry Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2035 after 8 days on 20 June 2035 at 19:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 20 June 2035 at 19:37
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 28 June 2035 at 18:43
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 5 July 2035 at 09:59
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 12 July 2035 at 07:33
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 438 / 1391
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 438 of Meeus index or 1391 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.28 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 39 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2035. It is 33 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 6 hours and 5 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠354.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠354.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠9.1°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 6 June 2035 at 11:36 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 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 20 June 2035 at 12:30 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 380 156 km
The Moon is 380 156 km (236 218 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 401 km (252 526 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 11 June 2035 at 20:42 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 26 June 2035 at 11:14 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 7 June 2035 at 10:40 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.820°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.862° at the point of next southern standstill on 21 June 2035 at 08:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 20 June 2035 at 19:37 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.
