First
Quarter ♍ Virgo
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 ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 21 May 2067 at 08:29 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1778"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1778" and ∠1895".
Flower Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2067 after 7 days on 28 May 2067 at 18:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 May 2067 at 18:42
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 4 June 2067 at 10:38
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 11 June 2067 at 20:41
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 20 June 2067 at 00:28
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 833 / 1786
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 833 of Meeus index or 1786 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 20 minutes. It is 1 hour and 15 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 36 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 27 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠98.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠98.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠132.6°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 19 May 2067 at 10:35 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 31 May 2067 at 07:21 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 403 023 km
The Moon is 403 023 km (250 427 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 053 km (226 212 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 15 May 2067 at 12:44 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 29 May 2067 at 16:28 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 15 May 2067 at 07:53 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.108°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.107° at the point of next southern standstill on 29 May 2067 at 12:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 28 May 2067 at 18:42 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.
