First
Quarter ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 44% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 44% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 1 December 2049 at 23:39 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1946".
Cold Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2049 after 7 days on 9 December 2049 at 07:28.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 9 December 2049 at 07:28
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 17 December 2049 at 11:15
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 24 December 2049 at 17:51
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 31 December 2049 at 08:53
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 617 / 1570
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 617 of Meeus index or 1570 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 16 minutes. It is 1 hour and 11 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 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠310.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠310.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠332.9°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 28 November 2049 at 11:08 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 14 December 2049 at 11:17 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 364 304 km
The Moon is 364 304 km (226 368 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 260 km (251 817 mi).
Moon before descending node
6 days after ascending node on 25 November 2049 at 00:12 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 7 December 2049 at 22:33 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
6 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
5 days since the previous standstill on 26 November 2049 at 06:55 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.274°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠21.283° at the point of next northern standstill on 9 December 2049 at 08:52 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 9 December 2049 at 07:28 in ♊ Gemini 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.
