First Quarter Moon
First Quarter MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

First Quarter in Capricorn

First Quarter on . Illuminated surface of the Moon is 54% and growing larger. Lunar cycle is 8 days young.

* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 3 October 2041 at 03:33 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight. It is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.

Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♑ Capricorn

Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.

Hunter Moon after 6 days

Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2041 after 6 days on 9 October 2041 at 18:03.

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.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1927"

Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1927" and ∠1918".

Lunation 516 / 1469

The Moon is 8 days young and navigating through the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 516 of Meeus index or 1469 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.7 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 49 minutes and it is 43 minutes longer than the upcoming lunation's length. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2041. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit 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 4 hours and 5 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 58 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠200.1°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠200.1° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠229.1°.

Moon before perigee

10 days since point of apogee on 23 September 2041 at 04:59 in ♍ Virgo 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 8 October 2041 at 12:08 in ♓ Pisces.

Distance to Moon 371 948 km

The Moon is 371 948 km (231 118 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 445 km (223 349 mi).

Moon after descending node

5 days after descending node on 28 September 2041 at 03:42 in ♏ Scorpio the Moon is positioned south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from South to North in ascending node on 11 October 2041 at 01:30 in ♉ Taurus.

Moon after southern standstill

1 day since the last southern standstill on 2 October 2041 at 19:54 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.789° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.830° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 October 2041 at 10:36 in ♋ Cancer.

Draconic month

19 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♈ Aries the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 6 days

In 6 days on 9 October 2041 at 18:03 in ♈ Aries 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.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov