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Quarter* ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 38% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 38% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 7 days on 21 December 2071 at 11:47.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1792"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1792" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2072 after 8 days on 5 January 2072 at 18:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 29 December 2071 at 17:16
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 5 January 2072 at 18:13
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 12 January 2072 at 09:54
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 20 January 2072 at 06:35
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 890 / 1843
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 890 of Meeus index or 1843 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
Length of current 890 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 48 minutes. It is 41 minutes shorter than next lunation 891 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 4 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 59 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠138.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠138.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠166.3°. 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 after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 25 December 2071 at 10:25 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 January 2072 at 17:46 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 399 974 km
Moon is 399 974 km (248 532 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 353 km (222 670 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♓ Pisces at 08:59 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet ascending node on 10 January 2072 at 03:26 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 21 December 2071 at 16:34 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.491°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.460° in the next northern standstill on 4 January 2072 at 21:58 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 5 January 2072 at 18:13 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.