Waxing
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 61% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 61% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 14 October 2048 at 12:20 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 in ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1952"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1952" and ∠1925".
Hunter Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2048 after 6 days on 21 October 2048 at 18:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 21 October 2048 at 18:25
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 29 October 2048 at 22:15
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 6 November 2048 at 04:38
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 12 November 2048 at 20:29
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 603 / 1556
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 603 of Meeus index or 1556 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 53 minutes. It is 1 minute 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 1 hour and 51 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 18 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠307.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠307.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠330.6°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 11 October 2048 at 04:52 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 27 October 2048 at 01:59 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 367 252 km
The Moon is 367 252 km (228 200 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 996 km (251 653 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 12 October 2048 at 07:07 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 25 October 2048 at 21:25 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 12 October 2048 at 03:48 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.082°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.990° at the point of next northern standstill on 25 October 2048 at 19:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 21 October 2048 at 18:25 in ♈ Aries 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.
