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Moon* ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and growing larger. The 14 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 16 April 2081 at 17:31.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the afternoon and sets after midnight to early morning. It is visible to the southeast in early evening and it is up for most of the night.
Moon in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1938"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1938" and ∠1908".
Pink Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2081 after 1 day on 23 April 2081 at 10:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 23 April 2081 at 10:20
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 30 April 2081 at 21:24
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 8 May 2081 at 22:09
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 15 May 2081 at 23:21
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 1005 / 1958
The Moon is 14 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1005 of Meeus index or 1958 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 54 minutes. It is 3 hours and 1 minute 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 1 hour and 10 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 53 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠231.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠231.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠265.8°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 20 April 2081 at 18:04 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 2 May 2081 at 14:12 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 369 833 km
The Moon is 369 833 km (229 804 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 484 km (251 335 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 20 April 2081 at 16:02 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 4 May 2081 at 10:34 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 14 April 2081 at 16:08 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.586°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.521° at the point of next southern standstill on 27 April 2081 at 11:19 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 23 April 2081 at 10:20 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
