First
Quarter ♉ Taurus
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 7 February 2041 at 23:40 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1876"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1876" and ∠1945".
Snow Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2041 after 8 days on 16 February 2041 at 02:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 16 February 2041 at 02:21
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 24 February 2041 at 00:29
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 March 2041 at 15:39
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 9 March 2041 at 15:51
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 508 / 1461
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 508 of Meeus index or 1461 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 508 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 56 minutes. It is 6 minutes longer than next lunation 509 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠358.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠358.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠14°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 1 February 2041 at 07:46 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 14 February 2041 at 23:03 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 382 069 km
Moon is 382 069 km (237 407 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 498 km (252 586 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 26 January 2041 at 15:09 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 8 February 2041 at 00:39 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 29 January 2041 at 22:24 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.843°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.907° in the next northern standstill on 11 February 2041 at 21:04 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 16 February 2041 at 02:21 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.