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Quarter* ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 42% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 42% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 29 January 2006 at 14:15.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1915"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1915" and ∠1946".
Snow Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2006 after 8 days on 13 February 2006 at 04:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 5 February 2006 at 06:29
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 13 February 2006 at 04:44
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 21 February 2006 at 07:17
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 February 2006 at 00:31
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 75 / 1028
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 75 of Meeus index or 1028 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 75 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 16 minutes. It is 32 minutes longer than next lunation 76 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 41 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠347.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠347.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠2.9°. 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 after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 30 January 2006 at 07:47 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 14 February 2006 at 00:48 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 374 230 km
Moon is 374 230 km (232 536 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 362 km (252 502 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 2 February 2006 at 08:02 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 February 2006 at 14:38 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 27 January 2006 at 00:14 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.492°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.555° in the next northern standstill on 8 February 2006 at 18:18 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 13 February 2006 at 04:44 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.