First
Quarter ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 50% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 50% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 24 April 2064 at 11:17 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1929"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1929" and ∠1907".
Flower Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2064 after 6 days on 1 May 2064 at 02:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 1 May 2064 at 02:08
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 8 May 2064 at 06:16
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 May 2064 at 09:55
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 23 May 2064 at 18:15
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 795 / 1748
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 795 of Meeus index or 1748 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 53 minutes. It is 2 hours and 27 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 54 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠206.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠206.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠235.2°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 14 April 2064 at 02:09 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 29 April 2064 at 13:49 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 371 494 km
The Moon is 371 494 km (230 836 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 386 km (223 933 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after ascending node on 11 April 2064 at 08:46 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 25 April 2064 at 16:11 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 21 April 2064 at 08:45 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.520°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.444° at the point of next southern standstill on 4 May 2064 at 00:57 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 1 May 2064 at 02:08 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
