Waxing Crescent Moon
Waxing Crescent MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

First Quarter in Cancer

First Quarter on . The illuminated surface of the moon is 45% and growing larger. The lunar cycle is 7 days young.

* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 8 April 2098 at 22:56 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Pink Moon after 7 days

Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2098 after 7 days on 15 April 2098 at 19:04.

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.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"

Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1916".

Lunation 1215 / 2168

The Moon is 7 days young and navigating through the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 1215 of Meeus index or 2168 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.53 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 45 minutes and it is 2 hours and 54 minutes longer than the upcoming lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit 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 minute longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 7 hours and 2 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠260.4°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠260.4° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠294.5°.

Moon before perigee

12 days since point of apogee on 26 March 2098 at 18:28 in ♑ Capricorn 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 11 April 2098 at 03:38 in ♌ Leo.

Distance to Moon 364 323 km

The Moon is 364 323 km (226 380 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 775 km (229 146 mi).

Moon after ascending node

5 days after ascending node on 2 April 2098 at 16:45 in ♈ Aries the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 15 April 2098 at 14:53 in ♎ Libra.

Moon after northern standstill

1 day since the last northern standstill on 7 April 2098 at 20:47 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.320° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.319° at the point of next southern standstill on 21 April 2098 at 01:51 in ♑ Capricorn.

Draconic month

5 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♈ Aries the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 7 days

In 7 days on 15 April 2098 at 19:04 in ♎ Libra 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.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov