Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 55% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 55% and growing larger. The 8 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 at noon and sets at midnight. It is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
Moon in ♉ Taurus
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1853"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1853" and ∠1945".
Snow Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2041 after 7 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 8 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 before apogee
7 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 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 14 February 2041 at 23:03 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 386 921 km
Moon is 386 921 km (240 422 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 498 km (252 586 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♉ Taurus at 00:39 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 22 February 2041 at 16:13 in ♏ Scorpio.
New draconic month
At 00:39 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 29 January 2041 at 22:24 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.843°. Next 3 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 7 days
After 7 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.