Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 63% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 63% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 5 February 2036 at 07:01 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 is entering ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1938"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1938" and ∠1946".
Snow Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2036 after 5 days on 11 February 2036 at 22:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 11 February 2036 at 22:09
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 18 February 2036 at 23:47
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 27 February 2036 at 04:59
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 5 March 2036 at 16:49
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 446 / 1399
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 446 of Meeus index or 1399 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 42 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2036. It is 2 hours and 45 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 5 hours and 58 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 5 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠195.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠195.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠223.9°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 26 January 2036 at 16:05 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 10 February 2036 at 20:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 369 949 km
The Moon is 369 949 km (229 876 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 657 km (222 859 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 29 January 2036 at 22:45 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 12 February 2036 at 03:38 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 25 January 2036 at 21:59 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.277°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.249° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 February 2036 at 23:26 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 11 February 2036 at 22:09 in ♌ Leo 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.
