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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 44% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 44% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 5 October 2078 at 23:06.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1810"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1810" and ∠1924".
Hunter Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2078 after 7 days on 21 October 2078 at 02:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 14 October 2078 at 04:07
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 21 October 2078 at 02:55
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 October 2078 at 18:34
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 4 November 2078 at 16:56
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 974 / 1927
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 974 of Meeus index or 1927 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 50 minutes. It is 1 hour and 22 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 5 hours and 6 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 57 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠146.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠146.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠172.1°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 9 October 2078 at 06:58 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 21 October 2078 at 20:52 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 395 986 km
The Moon is 395 986 km (246 054 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 814 km (222 335 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 8 October 2078 at 06:08 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 21 October 2078 at 22:26 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 00:13 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-27.596°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠27.619° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 25 October 2078 at 18:03.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 21 October 2078 at 02:55 in ♈ Aries the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
