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Moon* ♒ Aquarius
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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 ♑ Capricorn.
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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 21 January 2063 at 12:05.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♒ Aquarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1770"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1948".
Snow Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2063 after 15 days on 13 February 2063 at 05:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 29 January 2063 at 12:23
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 6 February 2063 at 13:37
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 13 February 2063 at 05:48
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 20 February 2063 at 03:07
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 779 / 1732
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 779 of Meeus index or 1732 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
Length of current 779 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 26 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2063. It is 11 minutes longer than next lunation 780 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 42 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 21 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠154.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠154.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠179.8°. 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 15 January 2063 at 06:21 in ♌ Leo. 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 29 January 2063 at 13:00 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 404 970 km
Moon is 404 970 km (251 637 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 600 km (252 650 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 18 January 2063 at 01:44 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 1 February 2063 at 08:33 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 25 January 2063 at 23:21 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.406°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.472° in the next northern standstill on 9 February 2063 at 10:17 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 29 January 2063 at 12:23 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.