First
Quarter ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 45% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 45% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 26 August 2039 at 23:16 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♏ Scorpio
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1899".
Harvest Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2039 after 7 days on 2 September 2039 at 19:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 September 2039 at 19:23
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 10 September 2039 at 13:45
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 18 September 2039 at 08:23
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 25 September 2039 at 04:53
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 490 / 1443
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 490 of Meeus index or 1443 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 32 minutes. It is 46 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 1 hour and 12 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 57 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠260.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠260.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠294.5°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 13 August 2039 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 29 August 2039 at 03:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 364 384 km
The Moon is 364 384 km (226 418 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 737 km (229 123 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 14 August 2039 at 10:57 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 August 2039 at 01:19 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 16 August 2039 at 04:38 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.786°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.880° at the point of next southern standstill on 29 August 2039 at 14:11 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 2 September 2039 at 19:23 in ♓ Pisces 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.
