Moon phases and lunar diet

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Moon phase for 7 January 2010 Thursday

Moon phase for 7 January 2010 Thursday

Moon phase, position of the lunar cycle, dates of full moon and new moon.

UTC

7 January 2010 Thursday
Time: 12:00
JD 2455204

Universal Coordinated Time
Casablanca, Monrovia

Lunar phase on 7 January 2010 Thursday is Last Quarter.
The moon is in zodiac sign Libra The moon is in zodiac sign Libra.

The moon is Last Quarter on 7 January 2010 Thursday

Moon phases from
the current moon cycle:

New Moon New Moon
on 2009-12-16 12:03
before 22 days

First Quarter First Quarter
on 2009-12-24 17:36
before 13.8 days

Full Moon Full Moon
on 2009-12-31 19:14
before 6.7 days

Last Quarter Last Quarter
on 2010-01-07 10:41
before 0.1 day

New Moon New Moon (next)
on 2010-01-15 07:13
after 7.8 days

The moon is growing smaller (old moon)
Fraction of the moon: 0.75144856833792
Illumination of the moon disk: 50 %

Moon angular diameter: 0.53 °
Sun angular diameter: 0.54 °

Moon distance:
375012.17 km

Sun distance:
147104973.64 km

Moon phases for the days after 7 January 2010

2010 January
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For calculation of the lunar phase and the course of the moon through the zodiac is taken the moon fraction at 12 o'clock noon on the given date.

When crossing the zodiac from one zodiac sign to another, often for a short time Moon is Void of course moon. This phenomenon is not marked in the table above.

From New moon to Full moon the Moon is growing bigger (young moon), and after Full moon it is growing small (old moon).

The time the Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth (sidereal period) is 27.321661 days. The time between two consecutive New moon phases is 29.53058867 days.