☽Lunation
First Quarter in Taurus
5 February 2025 · 08:04 UTC
576 days ago
The Moon squares the Sun at 16°47′ Taurus on 5 February 2025, 08:04 UTC — ninety degrees of separation, and a half-lit disc in the sky.
The first quarter is the friction point of the waxing half of the cycle. What was begun at the new moon meets its first real resistance here, and the square is the aspect that asks whether you meant it. In Taurus the resistance tends to arrive as logistics — cost, time, and the unglamorous question of who is actually going to do the work.
The numbers
Exact at5 February 2025, 08:04 UTC
Position16°47′ Taurus
ElementEarth
ModalityFixed
Body☽ Moon
Times are UTC, computed from the ephemeris rather than transcribed. Positions are geocentric and tropical.