Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 59% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 59% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 24 February 2045 at 16:37 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1946"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1946" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2045 after 5 days on 3 March 2045 at 07:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 March 2045 at 07:52
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 March 2045 at 12:50
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 18 March 2045 at 17:15
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 26 March 2045 at 00:56
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 558 / 1511
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 558 of Meeus index or 1511 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 24 minutes. It is 3 hours and 12 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 40 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠207.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠207.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠238.6°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 14 February 2045 at 02:57 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 March 2045 at 18:43 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 368 394 km
The Moon is 368 394 km (228 909 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 563 km (224 043 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 17 February 2045 at 06:00 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 2 March 2045 at 13:33 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
13 days since the previous standstill on 11 February 2045 at 15:40 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.184°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠28.188° at the point of next northern standstill on 26 February 2045 at 01:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 3 March 2045 at 07:52 in ♍ Virgo 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.
