Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 58% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 58% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 9 September 2035 at 14:47 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♑ Capricorn later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1906".
Harvest Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2035 after 7 days on 17 September 2035 at 14:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 17 September 2035 at 14:23
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 September 2035 at 14:39
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 1 October 2035 at 13:07
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 9 October 2035 at 09:49
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 441 / 1394
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 441 of Meeus index or 1394 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 441 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 7 minutes. It is 2 hours and 45 minutes shorter than next lunation 442 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 37 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 32 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠46.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠46.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠75°. 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 23:26, this is 11 days after last perigee on 30 August 2035 at 02:28 in ♋ Cancer. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 25 September 2035 at 13:37 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 404 365 km
This apogee Moon is 404 365 km (251 261 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 043 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 344 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 1 September 2035 at 19:14 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 September 2035 at 02:58 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days after previous North standstill on 28 August 2035 at 17:25 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.744°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.755° in the next southern standstill on 11 September 2035 at 06:40 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 17 September 2035 at 14:23 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.