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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 30 June 2036 at 18:13 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1926"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1926" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2036 after 7 days on 8 July 2036 at 11:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 8 July 2036 at 11:19
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 16 July 2036 at 14:39
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 23 July 2036 at 10:17
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 30 July 2036 at 02:56
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 451 / 1404
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 451 of Meeus index or 1404 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 7 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2036. It is 11 minutes shorter 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 37 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 32 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠338.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠338.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠354.1°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 25 June 2036 at 10:31 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 10 July 2036 at 16:20 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 372 251 km
The Moon is 372 251 km (231 306 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 005 km (252 280 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 27 June 2036 at 02:46 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 11 July 2036 at 00:53 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, 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 24 June 2036 at 13:24 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.895°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.902° at the point of next southern standstill on 7 July 2036 at 21:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 8 July 2036 at 11:19 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
