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Quarter* ♑ Capricorn
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 16 September 2050 at 03:49.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1882"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1882" and ∠1913".
Harvest Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2050 after 7 days on 30 September 2050 at 17:31.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 24 September 2050 at 02:34
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 30 September 2050 at 17:31
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 7 October 2050 at 16:32
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 15 October 2050 at 20:48
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 627 / 1580
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 627 of Meeus index or 1580 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
Length of current 627 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 59 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2050. It is 6 minutes longer than next lunation 628 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 15 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 48 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠186.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠186.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠212°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 15 September 2050 at 09:55 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 30 September 2050 at 00:42 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 380 945 km
Moon is 380 945 km (236 708 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 710 km (222 271 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 20 September 2050 at 06:06 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 3 October 2050 at 00:50 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 06:36 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-19.906°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠19.840° in its northern standstill point on 5 October 2050 at 19:06 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 30 September 2050 at 17:31 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.