Tuesday, January 07, 2025
Perigee First Quarter Moon tonight (Janurary 7, 2025)
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| First Quarter perigee moon at 22:18 ACDST on January 7. Actual First Quarter is midnight on the 7th and perigee is midnight on the 8th (a 24 hour difference). | First Quarter apogee moon at 23:11 ACST on August 1 at actual First Quarter, perigee is 6 am on the 2nd (an ~7 hour difference). The size difference will be clear in telescopes. |
Tonight (Tuesday 7 January) is a perigee first Quarter moon. Although we tend to get excited about perigee Full Moon, perigee First Quarter Moons are pretty good too. Not only is the moon at its closest, but there are a variety of interesting craters on terminator to see.
This is not a particularly good year for the perigee First Quarter Moon, as Perigee and official first quarter are separated by 24 hours, but it will still be larger than the apogee first quarter Moon on August the 1st.
Labels: binocular, Moon, perigee, telescope, unaided eye
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 4:37 pm 
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