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Moon* ♏ Scorpio
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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 ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 7 days on 16 October 2060 at 10:30.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1772"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1772" and ∠1929".
Beaver Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2060 after 15 days on 8 November 2060 at 04:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 24 October 2060 at 09:25
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 1 November 2060 at 10:56
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 8 November 2060 at 04:17
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 14 November 2060 at 23:48
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 751 / 1704
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 751 of Meeus index or 1704 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
Length of current 751 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 32 minutes. It is 1 hour and 18 minutes shorter than next lunation 752 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 48 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 15 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠149.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠149.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠174.6°. 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 before apogee
13 days after point of perigee on 10 October 2060 at 10:18 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 25 October 2060 at 00:25 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 404 601 km
Moon is 404 601 km (251 407 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 530 km (252 606 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 10 October 2060 at 13:33 in ♈ Aries, 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 24 October 2060 at 04:14 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 15 October 2060 at 01:32 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.128°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.126° in the next southern standstill on 29 October 2060 at 17:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 24 October 2060 at 09:25 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.