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Moon* ♏ Scorpio
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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 ♏ 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 19 November 2038 at 22:10.
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 ∠18° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1944".
Cold Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2038 after 16 days on 11 December 2038 at 17:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 26 November 2038 at 13:47
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 3 December 2038 at 12:46
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 11 December 2038 at 17:30
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 19 December 2038 at 09:29
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 480 / 1433
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 480 of Meeus index or 1433 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 54 minutes. It is 1 hour and 21 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 50 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 19 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠355.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠355.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠10.8°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 22:45. It is 14 days after previous apogee on 11 November 2038 at 08:59 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next apogee on 8 December 2038 at 13:35 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 357 562 km
This perigee Moon is 357 562 km (222 179 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 946 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 12 794 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 15 November 2038 at 11:00 in ♋ Cancer. 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 28 November 2038 at 08:54 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 16 November 2038 at 07:17 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.829°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.865° at the point of next southern standstill on 29 November 2038 at 02:24 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 26 November 2038 at 13:47 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
