First
Quarter ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 54% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 54% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 18 September 2045 at 01:30 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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1807"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1807" and ∠1910".
Harvest Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2045 after 7 days on 26 September 2045 at 06:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 26 September 2045 at 06:11
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 3 October 2045 at 18:31
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 10 October 2045 at 10:37
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 17 October 2045 at 18:55
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 565 / 1518
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 565 of Meeus index or 1518 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
Length of current 565 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes shorter than next lunation 566 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 35 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 34 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠16.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠16.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠34.3°. 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
8 days after point of perigee on 10 September 2045 at 02:20 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 22 September 2045 at 12:20 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 396 657 km
Moon is 396 657 km (246 471 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 498 km (251 965 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 9 September 2045 at 07:56 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 22 September 2045 at 19:34 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
22 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 17 September 2045 at 22:27 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.716°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.609° in the next northern standstill on 2 October 2045 at 12:33 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 26 September 2045 at 06:11 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.