Waxing
Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 57% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 57% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 7 August 2038 at 20:21 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1966"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2038 after 6 days on 14 August 2038 at 22:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 14 August 2038 at 22:57
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 22 August 2038 at 23:12
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 30 August 2038 at 10:13
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 September 2038 at 01:51
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 477 / 1430
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 477 of Meeus index or 1430 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 32 minutes. It is 47 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 12 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 57 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠293.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠293.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠319.9°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 5 August 2038 at 21:36 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 August 2038 at 01:57 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 364 528 km
The Moon is 364 528 km (226 507 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 583 km (251 396 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 29 July 2038 at 20:50 in ♋ Cancer. 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 11 August 2038 at 18:25 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 30 July 2038 at 00:20 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.049°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.076° at the point of next southern standstill on 11 August 2038 at 22:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 14 August 2038 at 22:57 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
