Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
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 ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 14 February 2046 at 03:20 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1853"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1853" and ∠1943".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2046 after 6 days on 20 February 2046 at 23:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 20 February 2046 at 23:44
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 27 February 2046 at 16:23
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 7 March 2046 at 18:15
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 15 March 2046 at 17:13
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 570 / 1523
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 570 of Meeus index or 1523 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.8 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 6 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2046. It is 1 hour and 30 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 6 hours and 22 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 41 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠159.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠159.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠184.1°.
Moon after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 8 February 2046 at 05:11 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 21 February 2046 at 06:43 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 386 920 km
The Moon is 386 920 km (240 421 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 803 km (221 707 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 5 February 2046 at 15:45 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 19 February 2046 at 17:48 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, 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 1 February 2046 at 11:30 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.313°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠27.295° at the point of next northern standstill on 16 February 2046 at 04:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 20 February 2046 at 23:44 in ♌ Leo 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.
