Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 57% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 57% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 25 February 2053 at 22:09 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1937".
Worm Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2053 after 6 days on 4 March 2053 at 17:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 4 March 2053 at 17:09
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 March 2053 at 10:21
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 20 March 2053 at 07:11
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 March 2053 at 04:50
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 657 / 1610
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 657 of Meeus index or 1610 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes. It is 3 hours and 3 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 56 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 7 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠251.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠251.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠288°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 13 February 2053 at 01:22 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 February 2053 at 20:20 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 363 600 km
The Moon is 363 600 km (225 931 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 800 km (228 540 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 20 February 2053 at 15:44 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 March 2053 at 12:51 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 13 February 2053 at 20:10 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.230°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠18.174° at the point of next northern standstill on 27 February 2053 at 13:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 4 March 2053 at 17:09 in ♍ Virgo 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.
