First
Quarter ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 53% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 19 September 2072 at 04:58 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 ∠1° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1837"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1837" and ∠1911".
Harvest Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2072 after 7 days on 27 September 2072 at 08:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 27 September 2072 at 08:43
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 5 October 2072 at 02:28
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 11 October 2072 at 17:55
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 18 October 2072 at 20:37
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 899 / 1852
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 899 of Meeus index or 1852 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 48 minutes. It is 1 hour and 38 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 56 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 13 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠5.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠5.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠21.6°.
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 12 September 2072 at 01:13 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 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 25 September 2072 at 03:10 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 390 230 km
The Moon is 390 230 km (242 478 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 005 km (252 280 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 11 September 2072 at 16:07 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 25 September 2072 at 05:16 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 20:57 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-18.581°. Over the next 15 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠18.655° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 4 October 2072 at 13:44.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 27 September 2072 at 08:43 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.
