First
Quarter ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 47% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 5 May 2052 at 19:05 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1891"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1891" and ∠1902".
Flower Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2052 after 8 days on 13 May 2052 at 19:00.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 13 May 2052 at 19:00
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 21 May 2052 at 18:15
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 28 May 2052 at 10:50
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 4 June 2052 at 06:49
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 647 / 1600
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 647 of Meeus index or 1600 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
Length of current 647 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 29 minutes. It is 29 minutes longer than next lunation 648 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 15 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 54 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠352.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠352.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠7.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 29 April 2052 at 14:35 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 13 May 2052 at 20:41 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 379 014 km
Moon is 379 014 km (235 508 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 342 km (252 489 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 27 April 2052 at 10:56 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 10 May 2052 at 10:36 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
22 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 2 May 2052 at 05:36 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.384°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.443° in the next southern standstill on 16 May 2052 at 13:00 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 13 May 2052 at 19:00 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.