First
Quarter ♑ Capricorn
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 ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 5 October 2076 at 18:26 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1941"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1941" and ∠1920".
Hunter Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2076 after 6 days on 12 October 2076 at 09:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 12 October 2076 at 09:37
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 19 October 2076 at 18:51
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 27 October 2076 at 20:50
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 4 November 2076 at 01:58
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 949 / 1902
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 949 of Meeus index or 1902 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 23 minutes. It is 45 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 2 hours and 39 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 24 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠219.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠219.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠254.1°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 24 September 2076 at 11:16 in ♌ Leo. 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 10 October 2076 at 06:57 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 369 267 km
The Moon is 369 267 km (229 452 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 695 km (225 368 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 4 October 2076 at 00:05 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 16 October 2076 at 15:38 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 13:46 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-24.833°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠24.937° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 18 October 2076 at 10:01.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 12 October 2076 at 09:37 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.
