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Moon* ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 3% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 29 October 2002 at 05:28.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises after midnight to early morning and sets in the afternoon. It is visible in the early morning low to the east.
Moon in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1935".
Beaver Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2002 after 16 days on 20 November 2002 at 01:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 4 November 2002 at 20:34
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 11 November 2002 at 20:52
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 20 November 2002 at 01:34
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 27 November 2002 at 15:46
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 34 / 987
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 34 of Meeus index or 987 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
Length of current 34 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 17 minutes. It is 1 hour and 43 minutes shorter than next lunation 35 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 27 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 42 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠358.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠358.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠14°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
14 days after point of apogee on 20 October 2002 at 04:41 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 November 2002 at 00:50 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 363 329 km
Moon is 363 329 km (225 762 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 154 km (222 547 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 24 October 2002 at 18:18 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 6 November 2002 at 15:22 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 27 October 2002 at 06:34 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.735°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.781° in the next southern standstill on 8 November 2002 at 20:35 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 4 November 2002 at 20:34 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.