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Moon* ♒ Aquarius
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
7 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 7 days on 20 January 2036 at 06:46.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♒ Aquarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1949".
Snow Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2036 after 15 days on 11 February 2036 at 22:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 28 January 2036 at 10:17
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 5 February 2036 at 07:01
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 11 February 2036 at 22:09
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 18 February 2036 at 23:47
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 445 / 1398
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 445 of Meeus index or 1398 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.82 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 46 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2036. It is 1 hour and 4 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 7 hours and 2 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 minute shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠171°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠171°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠195.6°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 26 January 2036 at 16:05 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 10 February 2036 at 20:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 405 382 km
The Moon is 405 382 km (251 893 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 14 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 657 km (222 859 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 15 January 2036 at 16:39 in ♌ Leo. 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 29 January 2036 at 22:45 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 25 January 2036 at 21:59 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.277°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.249° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 February 2036 at 23:26 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 28 January 2036 at 10:17 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
