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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 41% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 41% 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 23 December 2079 at 06:31.
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 leaving the last ∠1° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♈ Aries later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1853"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1853" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2080 after 7 days on 7 January 2080 at 01:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 31 December 2079 at 08:29
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 7 January 2080 at 01:45
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 13 January 2080 at 21:40
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 January 2080 at 01:55
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 989 / 1942
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 989 of Meeus index or 1942 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 24 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2079. It is 1 hour and 8 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 40 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 23 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠174.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠174.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠199.5°.
Moon after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 23 December 2079 at 21:45 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 6 January 2080 at 19:49 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 386 785 km
The Moon is 386 785 km (240 337 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 505 km (221 522 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after descending node on 17 December 2079 at 08:14 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 31 December 2079 at 23:44 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 23 December 2079 at 10:12 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.189°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.224° at the point of next northern standstill on 6 January 2080 at 04:42 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 7 January 2080 at 01:45 in ♋ Cancer 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.
