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
Length of current 438 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 next lunation 439 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 5 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠354.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠354.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠9.1°. 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 after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 6 June 2035 at 11:36 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 20 June 2035 at 12:30 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 380 156 km
Moon is 380 156 km (236 218 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 401 km (252 526 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 11 June 2035 at 20:42 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 26 June 2035 at 11:14 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 7 June 2035 at 10:40 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.820°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.862° in the next southern standstill on 21 June 2035 at 08:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 20 June 2035 at 19:37 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.