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Moon* ♏ Scorpio
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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 ♏ Scorpio.
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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 5 November 2069 at 20:40.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1939".
Beaver Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2069 after 16 days on 28 November 2069 at 13:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 13 November 2069 at 22:38
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 21 November 2069 at 21:31
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 28 November 2069 at 13:46
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 5 December 2069 at 12:03
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 863 / 1816
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 863 of Meeus index or 1816 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.77 days
Length of current 863 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 34 minutes. It is 26 minutes shorter than next lunation 864 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 50 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 13 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠161.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠161.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠185.4°. 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 apogee
13 days after point of perigee on 30 October 2069 at 09:15 in ♉ Taurus. 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 13 November 2069 at 07:36 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 405 119 km
Moon is 405 119 km (251 729 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 514 km (252 596 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♏ Scorpio at 11:24 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 26 November 2069 at 10:32 in ♉ Taurus.
New draconic month
At 11:24 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 2 November 2069 at 01:44 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.271°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.293° in the next southern standstill on 16 November 2069 at 09:59 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 13 November 2069 at 22:38 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.