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Quarter* ♓ Pisces
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 ♓ Pisces.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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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 3 December 2051 at 09:37.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1930"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1930" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2051 after 7 days on 17 December 2051 at 16:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 11 December 2051 at 00:07
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 17 December 2051 at 16:05
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 24 December 2051 at 23:21
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 2 January 2052 at 03:05
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 642 / 1595
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 642 of Meeus index or 1595 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 29 minutes. It is 2 hours and 4 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 4 hours and 45 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 18 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠214.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠214.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠248.4°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 29 November 2051 at 23:42 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 15 December 2051 at 19:57 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 371 428 km
The Moon is 371 428 km (230 795 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 745 km (224 778 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 29 November 2051 at 08:08 in ♎ Libra. 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 13 December 2051 at 08:09 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 4 December 2051 at 11:27 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.781°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.789° at the point of next northern standstill on 17 December 2051 at 14:21 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 17 December 2051 at 16:05 in ♊ Gemini 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.
