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Moon* ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 3 December 2061 at 22:12.
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 is entering ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2061 after 16 days on 26 December 2061 at 16:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 December 2061 at 22:32
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 19 December 2061 at 23:58
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 26 December 2061 at 16:53
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 2 January 2062 at 13:21
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 765 / 1718
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 765 of Meeus index or 1718 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes. It is 27 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 54 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠151.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠151.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠176.8°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 27 November 2061 at 19:57 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 12 December 2061 at 07:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 404 120 km
The Moon is 404 120 km (251 109 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 709 km (252 717 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 5 December 2061 at 23:41 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 20 December 2061 at 15:02 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 28 November 2061 at 23:49 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.441°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.385° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 December 2061 at 21:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 11 December 2061 at 22:32 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.
