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Moon* ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 December 2030 at 00:01.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2031 after 16 days on 8 January 2031 at 18:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 24 December 2030 at 17:32
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 31 December 2030 at 13:36
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 8 January 2031 at 18:26
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 16 January 2031 at 12:47
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 382 / 1335
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 382 of Meeus index or 1335 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 46 minutes. It is 13 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 1 hour and 58 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 11 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠349.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠349.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠5.3°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 10 December 2030 at 10:03 in ♊ Gemini. 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 24 December 2030 at 10:09 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 363 531 km
The Moon is 363 531 km (225 888 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 926 km (221 784 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 00:54 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 5 January 2031 at 06:37 in ♊ Gemini.
New draconic month
At 00:54 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon at southern standstill
At 18:07 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-21.904°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠21.889° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 6 January 2031 at 05:22.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 24 December 2030 at 17:32 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.
