First
Quarter ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 54% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 54% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 23 May 2075 at 03:57 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1827"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1827" and ∠1895".
Flower Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2075 after 6 days on 30 May 2075 at 02:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 30 May 2075 at 02:38
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 5 June 2075 at 18:00
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 13 June 2075 at 14:39
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 June 2075 at 16:29
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 932 / 1885
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 932 of Meeus index or 1885 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 17 minutes. It is 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 2 hours and 33 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 30 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠145.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠145.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠170.5°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 18 May 2075 at 08:43 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 30 May 2075 at 22:32 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 392 244 km
The Moon is 392 244 km (243 729 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 250 km (222 606 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 19 May 2075 at 06:26 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 1 June 2075 at 11:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 18 May 2075 at 23:38 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.600°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.636° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 June 2075 at 07:35 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 30 May 2075 at 02:38 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.
