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Moon* ♑ Capricorn
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
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 8 January 2048 at 18:49.
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 passing about ∠11° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1946"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1946" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2048 after 16 days on 31 January 2048 at 00:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 15 January 2048 at 11:32
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 22 January 2048 at 21:56
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 31 January 2048 at 00:14
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 7 February 2048 at 03:16
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 593 / 1546
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 593 of Meeus index or 1546 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 54 minutes. It is 1 hour and 5 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 50 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 19 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠18.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠18.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠37.7°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 13 January 2048 at 03:53 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 24 January 2048 at 21:24 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 368 423 km
The Moon is 368 423 km (228 927 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 717 km (251 479 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♑ Capricorn at 05:27 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 28 January 2048 at 06:52 in ♋ Cancer.
New draconic month
At 05:27 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 13 January 2048 at 00:07 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.561°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠24.528° at the point of next northern standstill on 26 January 2048 at 19:32 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 15 January 2048 at 11:32 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
