First
Quarter ♈ Aries
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 ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 31 December 2049 at 08:53 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1931"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1931" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2050 after 7 days on 8 January 2050 at 01:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 8 January 2050 at 01:39
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 16 January 2050 at 06:17
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 23 January 2050 at 04:57
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 29 January 2050 at 20:48
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 618 / 1571
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 618 of Meeus index or 1571 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 5 minutes. It is 58 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 1 hour and 39 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 30 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠332.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠332.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠350.1°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 26 December 2049 at 08:57 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 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 11 January 2050 at 02:36 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 371 175 km
The Moon is 371 175 km (230 637 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 128 km (252 356 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 22 December 2049 at 10:13 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 4 January 2050 at 03:20 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 23 December 2049 at 17:33 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.275°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠21.260° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 January 2050 at 16:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 8 January 2050 at 01:39 in ♋ Cancer 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.
