First
Quarter ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 51% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 51% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 19 June 2048 at 10:49 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 leaving the last ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♎ Libra later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1895"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1895" and ∠1888".
Strawberry Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2048 after 6 days on 26 June 2048 at 02:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 26 June 2048 at 02:08
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 2 July 2048 at 23:58
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 11 July 2048 at 04:04
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 18 July 2048 at 18:31
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 599 / 1552
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 599 of Meeus index or 1552 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 599 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 minutes longer than next lunation 600 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 30 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 33 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠186.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠186.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠210.3°. 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 10 June 2048 at 20:20 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 25 June 2048 at 09:51 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 378 169 km
Moon is 378 169 km (234 983 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 914 km (222 397 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 12 June 2048 at 01:40 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 25 June 2048 at 14:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
21 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 11 June 2048 at 06:28 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.745°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.752° in the next southern standstill on 24 June 2048 at 23:22 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 26 June 2048 at 02:08 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.