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 ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 23 February 2056 at 17:11 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1785"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1785" and ∠1939".
Worm Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2056 after 7 days on 2 March 2056 at 00:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 2 March 2056 at 00:40
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 8 March 2056 at 15:31
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 16 March 2056 at 06:52
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 24 March 2056 at 11:17
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 694 / 1647
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 694 of Meeus index or 1647 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
Length of current 694 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 53 minutes. It is 5 minutes shorter than next lunation 695 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 54 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠113.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠113.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠147°. 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 apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 20 February 2056 at 22:27 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 3 March 2056 at 19:44 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 401 569 km
Moon is 401 569 km (249 523 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 481 km (224 614 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 13 February 2056 at 13:45 in ♑ Capricorn, 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 28 February 2056 at 01:59 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
22 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 12 February 2056 at 02:37 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.191°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.253° in the next northern standstill on 26 February 2056 at 15:50 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 2 March 2056 at 00:40 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.