First
Quarter ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 52% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 20 November 2061 at 08:11 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1834"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1834" and ∠1942".
Beaver Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2061 after 6 days on 27 November 2061 at 06:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 27 November 2061 at 06:32
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 3 December 2061 at 22:12
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 December 2061 at 22:32
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 19 December 2061 at 23:58
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 765 / 1718
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 765 of Meeus index or 1718 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes. It is 27 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 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 54 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠151.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠151.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠176.8°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 15 November 2061 at 02:30 in ♐ Sagittarius. 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 27 November 2061 at 19:57 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 390 842 km
The Moon is 390 842 km (242 858 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 101 km (221 892 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 8 November 2061 at 21:38 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 November 2061 at 11:10 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 15 November 2061 at 15:41 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.489°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.441° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 November 2061 at 23:49 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 27 November 2061 at 06:32 in ♊ Gemini 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.
