First Quarter Moon
First Quarter MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

First Quarter in Pisces

First Quarter on . The illuminated surface of the moon is 46% and growing larger. The lunar cycle is 7 days young.

* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 27 November 2063 at 22:59 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises at noon and sets at midnight. It is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon is entering ♓ Pisces

Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.

Cold Moon after 8 days

Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2063 after 8 days on 5 December 2063 at 20:06.

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.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1770"

Lunar disc appears visually 9.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1945".

Lunation 790 / 1743

The Moon is 7 days young and navigating through the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 790 of Meeus index or 1743 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.58 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 54 minutes and it is 2 hours and 39 minutes shorter than the upcoming lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit 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 1 hour and 10 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 53 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠55.4°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠55.4° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠88.4°.

Moon before apogee

10 days since point of perigee on 16 November 2063 at 13:06 in ♍ Virgo the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 28 November 2063 at 12:23 in ♓ Pisces.

Distance to Moon 404 893 km

The Moon is 404 893 km (251 589 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 245 km (251 186 mi).

Moon in ascending node

Moon is in ascending node in ♒ Aquarius at 08:58 crossing the ecliptic from South to North. Lunar position remains north of if for the upcoming 13 days until Moon's next descending node later on 11 December 2063 at 02:54 in ♌ Leo.

Moon after southern standstill

5 days since the last southern standstill on 22 November 2063 at 06:16 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.805° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.761° at the point of next northern standstill on 6 December 2063 at 16:08 in ♊ Gemini.

New draconic month

At 08:58 in the point ot ascending node the Moon is completing the last draconic month and is entering a new one while the lunar orbit is crossing the ecliptic from South to North.

Syzygy in 8 days

In 8 days on 5 December 2063 at 20:06 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.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov