Waxing
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 61% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 61% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 25 June 2099 at 12:00 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1962"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1962" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2099 after 6 days on 2 July 2099 at 14:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 2 July 2099 at 14:21
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 10 July 2099 at 15:13
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 18 July 2099 at 01:01
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 24 July 2099 at 17:09
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 1230 / 2183
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1230 of Meeus index or 2183 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 1230 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 51 minutes. It is 57 minutes longer than next lunation 1231 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 53 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 16 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠294.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠294.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠320.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 23 June 2099 at 09:41 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 8 July 2099 at 15:42 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 365 390 km
Moon is 365 390 km (227 043 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 12 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 420 km (251 295 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 25 June 2099 at 06:00 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 8 July 2099 at 23:54 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 18 June 2099 at 20:43 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.404°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.409° in the next southern standstill on 1 July 2099 at 18:12 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 2 July 2099 at 14:21 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.