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Moon* ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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
6 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 25 October 2062 at 06:28.
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 leaving the last ∠2° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♏ Scorpio later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1872"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1872" and ∠1933".
Beaver Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2062 after 16 days on 16 November 2062 at 20:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 1 November 2062 at 07:32
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 9 November 2062 at 06:50
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 November 2062 at 20:48
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 23 November 2062 at 13:58
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 776 / 1729
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 776 of Meeus index or 1729 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 43 minutes. It is 2 hours and 45 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 minute shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 8 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠54.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠54.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠86.4°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 24 October 2062 at 12:04 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 7 November 2062 at 23:42 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 382 888 km
The Moon is 382 888 km (237 916 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 510 km (251 351 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 28 October 2062 at 19:18 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 12 November 2062 at 01:21 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 22 October 2062 at 22:10 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.544°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.465° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 November 2062 at 05:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 1 November 2062 at 07:32 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
