First
Quarter ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 45% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 45% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 15 May 2081 at 23:21 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1969"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1898".
Flower Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2081 after 7 days on 22 May 2081 at 20:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 22 May 2081 at 20:26
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 30 May 2081 at 15:35
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 7 June 2081 at 09:01
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 14 June 2081 at 04:16
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 1006 / 1959
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1006 of Meeus index or 1959 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 53 minutes. It is 2 hours and 10 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 51 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 18 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠265.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠265.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠298.3°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 2 May 2081 at 14:12 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 17 May 2081 at 14:15 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 363 986 km
The Moon is 363 986 km (226 170 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 266 km (229 451 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 4 May 2081 at 10:34 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 17 May 2081 at 20:00 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 11 May 2081 at 21:38 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.437°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.376° at the point of next southern standstill on 24 May 2081 at 19:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 22 May 2081 at 20:26 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
