First
Quarter ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 48% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 48% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 15 March 2046 at 17:13 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 ∠22° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1886"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1886" and ∠1929".
Worm Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2046 after 6 days on 22 March 2046 at 09:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 22 March 2046 at 09:27
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 29 March 2046 at 06:57
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 6 April 2046 at 11:52
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 14 April 2046 at 03:21
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 571 / 1524
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 571 of Meeus index or 1524 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
Length of current 571 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 36 minutes. It is 2 hours and 32 minutes longer than next lunation 572 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 52 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 11 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠184.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠184.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠209.1°. 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 before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 7 March 2046 at 06:49 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 March 2046 at 18:59 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 380 035 km
Moon is 380 035 km (236 143 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 400 km (222 078 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 4 March 2046 at 21:25 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 19 March 2046 at 03:00 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 12:23 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠27.160°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-27.076° in its southern standstill point on 28 March 2046 at 00:39 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 22 March 2046 at 09:27 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.