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
Length of current 451 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 next lunation 452 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 37 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 32 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠338.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠338.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠354.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 25 June 2036 at 10:31 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 10 July 2036 at 16:20 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 372 251 km
Moon is 372 251 km (231 306 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 005 km (252 280 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 27 June 2036 at 02:46 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 11 July 2036 at 00:53 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 24 June 2036 at 13:24 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.895°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.902° in the next southern standstill on 7 July 2036 at 21:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 8 July 2036 at 11:19 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.