First
Quarter ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 47% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 15 August 2040 at 18:36 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 ∠20° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1912"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1912" and ∠1895".
Sturgeon Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2040 after 6 days on 22 August 2040 at 09:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 August 2040 at 09:09
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 29 August 2040 at 11:16
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 6 September 2040 at 15:13
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 14 September 2040 at 02:07
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 502 / 1455
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 502 of Meeus index or 1455 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 47 minutes. It is 35 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 3 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠199°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠199°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠226.5°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 5 August 2040 at 23:43 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 21 August 2040 at 03:58 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 374 877 km
The Moon is 374 877 km (232 938 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 359 km (223 295 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after ascending node on 1 August 2040 at 17:44 in ♉ Taurus. 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 16 August 2040 at 05:30 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the first to the middle part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 4 August 2040 at 21:26 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.211°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.313° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 August 2040 at 23:35 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 22 August 2040 at 09:09 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.
