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Quarter* ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 39% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 39% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 24 January 2001 at 13:07.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♈ Aries
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♉ Taurus later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1854"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1854" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2001 after 7 days on 8 February 2001 at 07:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 1 February 2001 at 14:02
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 8 February 2001 at 07:12
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 15 February 2001 at 03:24
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 February 2001 at 08:21
Lunar orbit position on
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 8 February 2001 at 07:12 in ♌ Leo 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.
