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Moon* ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 1% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 28 December 2010 at 04:18.
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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1850"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1850" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2011 after 16 days on 19 January 2011 at 21:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 4 January 2011 at 09:03
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 12 January 2011 at 11:31
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 19 January 2011 at 21:21
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 26 January 2011 at 12:57
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 135 / 1088
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 135 of Meeus index or 1088 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 27 minutes. It is 2 hours and 1 minute shorter 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 43 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 20 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠67°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠67°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠103.5°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 25 December 2010 at 12:24 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 10 January 2011 at 05:38 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 387 473 km
The Moon is 387 473 km (240 765 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 976 km (251 640 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♑ Capricorn at 12:48 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 14 days later on 18 January 2011 at 00:06 in ♋ Cancer.
New draconic month
At 12:48 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 2 January 2011 at 10:06 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.242°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 13 days to face maximum declination of ∠24.221° at the point of next northern standstill on 16 January 2011 at 22:51 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 4 January 2011 at 09:03 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.
