Waxing
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 61% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 61% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 29 June 2039 at 11:17 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 ∠22° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1939"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1939" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2039 after 5 days on 6 July 2039 at 02:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 6 July 2039 at 02:03
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 13 July 2039 at 03:38
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 21 July 2039 at 07:54
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 July 2039 at 17:50
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 488 / 1441
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 488 of Meeus index or 1441 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
Length of current 488 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 33 minutes. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes longer than next lunation 489 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 49 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 14 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠199.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠199.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠226.3°. 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 before perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 19 June 2039 at 15:56 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 July 2039 at 20:31 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 369 708 km
Moon is 369 708 km (229 726 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 517 km (223 394 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 21 June 2039 at 00:51 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 4 July 2039 at 14:57 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 22 June 2039 at 16:02 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.701°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.696° in the next southern standstill on 5 July 2039 at 22:01 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 6 July 2039 at 02:03 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.