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Moon ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 4% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 19 December 2057 at 05:02.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1959"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1959" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2058 after 16 days on 9 January 2058 at 20:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 26 December 2057 at 01:22
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 1 January 2058 at 18:30
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 9 January 2058 at 20:39
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 17 January 2058 at 19:43
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 716 / 1669
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 716 of Meeus index or 1669 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 716 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 1 minute. It is 8 minutes longer than next lunation 717 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 44 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 25 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠339°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠339°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠355.4°. 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
11 days after point of apogee on 13 December 2057 at 06:08 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 26 December 2057 at 07:44 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 365 973 km
Moon is 365 973 km (227 405 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 883 km (221 757 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after its ascending node on 11 December 2057 at 10:23 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 25 December 2057 at 08:50 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 12 December 2057 at 21:42 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.523°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.515° in the next southern standstill on 26 December 2057 at 12:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 26 December 2057 at 01:22 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.