First
Quarter ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 49% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 26 September 2066 at 14:19 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1914".
Hunter Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2066 after 7 days on 3 October 2066 at 12:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 3 October 2066 at 12:25
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 11 October 2066 at 09:43
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 19 October 2066 at 01:42
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 25 October 2066 at 20:52
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 825 / 1778
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 825 of Meeus index or 1778 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 55 minutes. It is 32 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠272.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠272.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠304.7°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 12 September 2066 at 22:49 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 27 September 2066 at 12:48 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 363 400 km
The Moon is 363 400 km (225 806 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 827 km (229 800 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 15:21 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 10 October 2066 at 02:19 in ♋ Cancer.
New draconic month
At 15:21 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 25 September 2066 at 13:22 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.274°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠24.153° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 October 2066 at 22:14 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 3 October 2066 at 12:25 in ♈ Aries 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.
