Waxing
Gibbous ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 62% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 62% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 13 May 2046 at 10:25 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1898".
Flower Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2046 after 5 days on 20 May 2046 at 03:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 20 May 2046 at 03:15
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 27 May 2046 at 17:06
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 4 June 2046 at 15:22
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 11 June 2046 at 15:27
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 573 / 1526
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 573 of Meeus index or 1526 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 26 minutes. It is 2 hours and 10 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 18 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 51 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠239.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠239.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠274°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 1 May 2046 at 03:41 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 16 May 2046 at 23:31 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 363 701 km
The Moon is 363 701 km (225 993 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 910 km (227 366 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 12 May 2046 at 07:55 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 25 May 2046 at 04:58 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 8 May 2046 at 23:01 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.750°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.705° at the point of next southern standstill on 21 May 2046 at 18:34 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 20 May 2046 at 03:15 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
