Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 63% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 63% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 6 January 2055 at 03:39 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 is entering ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1805"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1805" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2055 after 5 days on 13 January 2055 at 11:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 13 January 2055 at 11:21
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 January 2055 at 03:24
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 27 January 2055 at 17:39
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 4 February 2055 at 22:59
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 680 / 1633
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 680 of Meeus index or 1633 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 47 minutes. It is 1 hour and 13 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 3 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠109.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠109.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠143.9°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 3 January 2055 at 13:48 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 15 January 2055 at 09:13 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 397 130 km
The Moon is 397 130 km (246 765 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 045 km (224 964 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 1 January 2055 at 10:10 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 15 January 2055 at 05:53 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 29 December 2054 at 03:18 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.763°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.742° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 January 2055 at 12:37 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 13 January 2055 at 11:21 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.
