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Moon* ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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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 3 January 2005 at 17:46.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2005 after 15 days on 25 January 2005 at 10:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 10 January 2005 at 12:03
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 17 January 2005 at 06:58
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 25 January 2005 at 10:32
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 2 February 2005 at 07:27
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 61 / 1014
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 61 of Meeus index or 1014 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 34 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2005. It is 9 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 10 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 59 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠345.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠345.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠1.4°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 27 December 2004 at 19:15 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 10 January 2005 at 10:07 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 363 736 km
The Moon is 363 736 km (226 015 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 572 km (221 564 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 4 January 2005 at 21:52 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 17 January 2005 at 07:32 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 11:17 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-27.938°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2005. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠27.973° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 22 January 2005 at 19:22.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 10 January 2005 at 12:03 in ♑ Capricorn the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
