First
Quarter ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 52% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 27 September 2036 at 06:12 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1792"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1792" and ∠1915".
Hunter Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2036 after 7 days on 5 October 2036 at 10:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 5 October 2036 at 10:15
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 12 October 2036 at 18:09
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 19 October 2036 at 11:50
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 27 October 2036 at 01:14
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 454 / 1407
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 454 of Meeus index or 1407 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 58 minutes. It is 2 hours and 26 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 46 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 23 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠25.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠25.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠46.7°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 18 September 2036 at 12:38 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 30 September 2036 at 13:16 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 400 039 km
The Moon is 400 039 km (248 573 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 995 km (251 652 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 17 September 2036 at 07:43 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 30 September 2036 at 17:36 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
10 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 at southern standstill
At 16:26 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-20.031°. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠20.162° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 12 October 2036 at 00:39.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 5 October 2036 at 10:15 in ♈ Aries 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.
