First
Quarter ♓ Pisces
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 ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 17 November 2091 at 23:38 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1856"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1856" and ∠1941".
Beaver Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2091 after 8 days on 26 November 2091 at 03:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 26 November 2091 at 03:43
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 3 December 2091 at 22:55
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 December 2091 at 13:54
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 17 December 2091 at 17:29
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 1136 / 2089
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1136 of Meeus index or 2089 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 12 minutes. It is 1 hour and 31 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 2 hours and 32 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 37 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠4.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠4.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠20.8°.
Moon before perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 10 November 2091 at 21:06 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 23 November 2091 at 23:32 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 386 118 km
The Moon is 386 118 km (239 923 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 275 km (252 448 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 5 November 2091 at 17:50 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 18 November 2091 at 04:24 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 14 November 2091 at 09:21 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.311°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.417° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 November 2091 at 22:15 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 26 November 2091 at 03:43 in ♊ Gemini 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.
