Waxing
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 64% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 64% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 14 July 2043 at 01:47 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 ∠9° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2043 after 6 days on 22 July 2043 at 03:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 22 July 2043 at 03:24
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 29 July 2043 at 08:23
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 5 August 2043 at 02:23
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 12 August 2043 at 18:57
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 538 / 1491
The Moon is 9 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 538 of Meeus index or 1491 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
Length of current 538 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 32 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter than next lunation 539 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 12 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 57 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠33.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠33.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠57.1°. 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
10 days after point of perigee on 4 July 2043 at 16:08 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 16 July 2043 at 14:34 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 404 629 km
Moon is 404 629 km (251 425 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 723 km (251 483 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 12 July 2043 at 12:01 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 26 July 2043 at 19:43 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 5 July 2043 at 19:20 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.429°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.464° in the next southern standstill on 19 July 2043 at 20:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 22 July 2043 at 03:24 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.