Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 1 February 2039 at 04:45 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2039 after 6 days on 9 February 2039 at 03:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 9 February 2039 at 03:39
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 February 2039 at 02:36
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 February 2039 at 03:18
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 3 March 2039 at 02:15
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 483 / 1436
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 483 of Meeus index or 1436 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 1 minute 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 57 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 6 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠51.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠51.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠83.5°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 01:38. It is 11 days after previous perigee on 21 January 2039 at 05:35 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next perigee on 15 February 2039 at 17:30 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 404 385 km
This apogee Moon is 404 385 km (251 273 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 023 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 324 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 22 January 2039 at 05:13 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 February 2039 at 05:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 22 January 2039 at 23:27 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.890°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠23.931° at the point of next northern standstill on 6 February 2039 at 03:54 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 9 February 2039 at 03:39 in ♌ Leo 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.
