Waxing
Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 60% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 60% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 6 August 2087 at 11:43 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 ∠4° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2087 after 6 days on 14 August 2087 at 06:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 14 August 2087 at 06:54
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 21 August 2087 at 03:34
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 28 August 2087 at 05:08
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 5 September 2087 at 05:49
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 1083 / 2036
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1083 of Meeus index or 2036 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 1083 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 48 minutes. It is 2 hours and 51 minutes shorter than next lunation 1084 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 56 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 13 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠62.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠62.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠95.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 6 August 2087 at 16:39 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 19 August 2087 at 10:24 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 405 220 km
Moon is 405 220 km (251 792 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 169 km (229 391 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♏ Scorpio at 01:46 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 20 August 2087 at 13:00 in ♉ Taurus.
New draconic month
At 01:46 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days after previous North standstill on 26 July 2087 at 09:39 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠20.684°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-20.587° in the next southern standstill on 9 August 2087 at 10:48 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 14 August 2087 at 06:54 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.