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Quarter* ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 36% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 36% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 20 October 2044 at 23:36.
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 ∠19° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1931".
Beaver Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2044 after 9 days on 5 November 2044 at 12:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 28 October 2044 at 23:28
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 5 November 2044 at 12:27
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 12 November 2044 at 05:09
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 19 November 2044 at 14:58
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 554 / 1507
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 554 of Meeus index or 1507 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 554 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 21 minutes. It is 2 hours and 34 minutes shorter than next lunation 555 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 37 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 26 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠90.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠90.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠126.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 11:18, this is 14 days after last perigee on 12 October 2044 at 15:35 in ♊ Gemini. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 11 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 8 November 2044 at 06:14 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 404 571 km
This apogee Moon is 404 571 km (251 389 mi) away from Earth. It is 837 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 138 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 17 October 2044 at 10:18 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 31 October 2044 at 17:08 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 25 October 2044 at 15:51 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.259°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.171° in the next northern standstill on 8 November 2044 at 11:13 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 5 November 2044 at 12:27 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.