First
Quarter ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 51% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 51% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 9 January 2041 at 10:06 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1910"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1910" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2041 after 7 days on 17 January 2041 at 07:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 17 January 2041 at 07:11
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 25 January 2041 at 10:33
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 1 February 2041 at 05:43
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 7 February 2041 at 23:40
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 507 / 1460
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 507 of Meeus index or 1460 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 35 minutes. It is 39 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 2 hours and 9 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠342.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠342.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠358.5°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 3 January 2041 at 19:39 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 18 January 2041 at 23:16 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 375 360 km
The Moon is 375 360 km (233 238 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 419 km (252 537 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 30 December 2040 at 10:13 in ♏ Scorpio. 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 12 January 2041 at 00:01 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 2 January 2041 at 11:44 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.763°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.766° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 January 2041 at 15:57 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 17 January 2041 at 07:11 in ♋ Cancer 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.
