First
Quarter ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 47% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 22 February 2075 at 20:00 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1939".
Worm Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2075 after 8 days on 2 March 2075 at 20:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 2 March 2075 at 20:06
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 9 March 2075 at 20:17
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 16 March 2075 at 19:25
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 March 2075 at 16:45
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 929 / 1882
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 929 of Meeus index or 1882 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 44 minutes. It is 47 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 same as the mean
The length of the current synodic month is equal to the mean synodic month length. It is %hours_to_shortest% and %minutes_to_shortest% longer than the 21st century's shortest and %hours_to_longest% and %minutes_to_longest% shorter than the 21st century's longest synodic months.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠46.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠46.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠76.5°.
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of perigee on 12 February 2075 at 07:55 in ♑ Capricorn. 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 24 February 2075 at 02:31 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 403 954 km
The Moon is 403 954 km (251 005 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 450 km (251 314 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 12 February 2075 at 23:10 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 26 February 2075 at 22:09 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 12 February 2075 at 04:13 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.860°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠21.916° at the point of next northern standstill on 26 February 2075 at 00:14 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 2 March 2075 at 20:06 in ♍ Virgo 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.
