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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 44% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 44% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 7 days on 14 October 2042 at 02:03.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1863"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1863" and ∠1928".
Hunter Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2042 after 7 days on 28 October 2042 at 19:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 22 October 2042 at 02:53
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 28 October 2042 at 19:48
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 4 November 2042 at 15:51
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 12 November 2042 at 20:28
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 529 / 1482
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 529 of Meeus index or 1482 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.77 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 25 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2042. It is 24 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 5 hours and 41 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 22 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠177.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠177.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠201.7°.
Moon before apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 14 October 2042 at 10:02 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 October 2042 at 11:27 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 384 705 km
The Moon is 384 705 km (239 045 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 973 km (221 813 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 13 October 2042 at 20:03 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 27 October 2042 at 16:01 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 20 October 2042 at 02:47 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.484°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.455° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 November 2042 at 17:22 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 28 October 2042 at 19:48 in ♈ Aries 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.
