First
Quarter ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 51% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 51% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 19 August 2075 at 09:12 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1946"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1946" and ∠1896".
Sturgeon Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2075 after 6 days on 26 August 2075 at 00:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 August 2075 at 00:51
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 2 September 2075 at 08:34
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 10 September 2075 at 11:02
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 17 September 2075 at 15:25
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 935 / 1888
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 935 of Meeus index or 1888 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 52 minutes. It is 1 hour and 11 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 8 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 55 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠218.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠218.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠251.8°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 8 August 2075 at 04:19 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 August 2075 at 22:14 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 368 258 km
The Moon is 368 258 km (228 825 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 690 km (225 365 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 8 August 2075 at 23:02 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 22 August 2075 at 16:33 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
10 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 before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 8 August 2075 at 18:41 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.688°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.754° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 August 2075 at 13:47 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 26 August 2075 at 00:51 in ♓ Pisces 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.
