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Quarter* ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 37% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 37% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 8 August 2021 at 13:50.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1963"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1963" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2021 after 8 days on 22 August 2021 at 12:02.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 15 August 2021 at 15:20
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 August 2021 at 12:02
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 30 August 2021 at 07:13
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 7 September 2021 at 00:52
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 267 / 1220
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 267 of Meeus index or 1220 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 2 minutes. It is 48 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 42 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 27 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠264.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠264.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠297.8°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 2 August 2021 at 07:35 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 17 August 2021 at 09:23 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 365 216 km
The Moon is 365 216 km (226 935 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 127 km (229 365 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 3 August 2021 at 02:51 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 August 2021 at 16:04 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 5 August 2021 at 16:46 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.685°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.761° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 August 2021 at 22:24 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 22 August 2021 at 12:02 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
