Waxing
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 62% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 62% and growing larger. The 8 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 ∠20° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1780"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1780" and ∠1916".
Hunter Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2036 after 6 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 8 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
Length of current 454 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 58 minutes. It is 2 hours and 26 minutes shorter than next lunation 455 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 46 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 23 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠25.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠25.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠46.7°. 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 before apogee
9 days after point of perigee on 18 September 2036 at 12:38 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 30 September 2036 at 13:16 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 402 763 km
Moon is 402 763 km (250 265 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 995 km (251 652 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 17 September 2036 at 07:43 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 30 September 2036 at 17:36 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
11 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 27 September 2036 at 16:26 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.031°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.162° in the next northern standstill on 12 October 2036 at 00:39 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 5 October 2036 at 10:15 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.