Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 61% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 61% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 17 June 2078 at 07:08 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1777"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1777" and ∠1888".
Strawberry Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2078 after 6 days on 25 June 2078 at 10:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 25 June 2078 at 10:22
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 2 July 2078 at 16:25
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 9 July 2078 at 10:08
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 16 July 2078 at 23:48
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 970 / 1923
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 970 of Meeus index or 1923 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 19 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 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 4 hours and 25 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 44 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠29°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠29°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠50.9°.
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of perigee on 8 June 2078 at 07:36 in ♉ Taurus. 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 20 June 2078 at 07:41 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 403 350 km
The Moon is 403 350 km (250 630 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 887 km (251 585 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 8 June 2078 at 00:37 in ♉ Taurus. 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 21 June 2078 at 16:55 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 11 June 2078 at 07:53 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.059°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.037° at the point of next southern standstill on 25 June 2078 at 16:54 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 25 June 2078 at 10:22 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
