Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 9 February 2079 at 03:11 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1944".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2079 after 6 days on 15 February 2079 at 23:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 15 February 2079 at 23:45
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 23 February 2079 at 19:23
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 3 March 2079 at 13:49
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 10 March 2079 at 10:37
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 978 / 1931
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 978 of Meeus index or 1931 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 13 minutes. It is 2 hours and 32 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 29 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 34 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠261.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠261.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠296.6°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 26 January 2079 at 21:03 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 11 February 2079 at 08:13 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 363 419 km
The Moon is 363 419 km (225 818 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 141 km (229 374 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 7 February 2079 at 23:17 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 21 February 2079 at 02:05 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 30 January 2079 at 00:20 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.617°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.715° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 February 2079 at 07:40 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 15 February 2079 at 23:45 in ♌ Leo 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.
