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Moon* ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♏ Scorpio.
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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 18 November 2011 at 15:09.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1964"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1964" and ∠1944".
Cold Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2011 after 16 days on 10 December 2011 at 14:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 25 November 2011 at 06:10
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 2 December 2011 at 09:52
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 10 December 2011 at 14:36
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 18 December 2011 at 00:48
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 146 / 1099
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 146 of Meeus index or 1099 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour and 43 minutes 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 30 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 39 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠5.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠5.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠21.6°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 23 November 2011 at 23:24 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 6 December 2011 at 01:13 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 364 955 km
The Moon is 364 955 km (226 773 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 414 km (251 913 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 13 November 2011 at 00:35 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 26 November 2011 at 01:02 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 13 November 2011 at 07:23 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.558°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-22.552° at the point of next southern standstill on 26 November 2011 at 06:47 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 25 November 2011 at 06:10 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.
