First
Quarter ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 48% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 48% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 15 February 2054 at 15:36 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1905"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1905" and ∠1942".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2054 after 6 days on 22 February 2054 at 06:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 22 February 2054 at 06:46
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 1 March 2054 at 07:36
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 9 March 2054 at 12:46
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 17 March 2054 at 01:21
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 669 / 1622
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 669 of Meeus index or 1622 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.77 days
Length of current 669 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 32 minutes. It is 2 hours and 45 minutes longer than next lunation 670 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 48 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 15 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠193.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠193.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠220.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of apogee on 6 February 2054 at 06:08 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 February 2054 at 07:51 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 376 345 km
Moon is 376 345 km (233 850 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 350 km (222 668 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after its descending node on 9 February 2054 at 07:02 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 22 February 2054 at 12:29 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 4 February 2054 at 02:34 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.688°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.654° in the next northern standstill on 18 February 2054 at 10:09 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 22 February 2054 at 06:46 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.