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
Length of current 570 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 next lunation 571 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 22 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 41 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠159.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠159.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠184.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 8 February 2046 at 05:11 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 February 2046 at 06:43 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 386 920 km
Moon is 386 920 km (240 421 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 803 km (221 707 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 5 February 2046 at 15:45 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 19 February 2046 at 17:48 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
13 days after previous South standstill on 1 February 2046 at 11:30 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.313°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.295° in the next northern standstill on 16 February 2046 at 04:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 20 February 2046 at 23:44 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.