First Quarter in Scorpio
First Quarter on . The illuminated surface of the moon is 62% and growing larger. The lunar cycle is 8 days young.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 17 July 2021 at 10:11 UTC.
Moonrise and moonset
The moon rises at noon and sets at midnight. It is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
Moon phases on nearby dates
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Sunday
First Quarter ♏ Scorpio
Upcoming main moon phases
Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moon in ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Buck Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2021 after 5 days on 24 July 2021 at 02:37.
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 4.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1888".
Lunation 266 / 1219
The Moon is 8 days young and navigating through the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 266 of Meeus index or 1219 from Brown series.
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Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of this lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 34 minutes and it is 1 hour and 32 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 11 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 59 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit details for
True anomaly ∠230.1°
The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠230.1° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠264.3°.
Moon before perigee
12 days since point of apogee on 5 July 2021 at 14:48 in ♉ Taurus 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 21 July 2021 at 10:30 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Last apogee | Next perigee
Distance to Moon 364 370 km
The Moon is 364 370 km (226 409 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 520 km (226 502 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 6 July 2021 at 22:41 in ♊ Gemini the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 20 July 2021 at 13:22 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Last node | Next node
Moon before southern standstill
9 days since the last northern standstill on 9 July 2021 at 10:05 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.622° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.643° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 July 2021 at 15:11 in ♑ Capricorn.
Last standstill | Next standstill
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♊ Gemini the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.
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Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 24 July 2021 at 02:37 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
Last syzygy | Next syzygy
Lunar calendar
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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