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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 37% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 37% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 7 August 2097 at 16:00.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1818"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1818" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2097 after 9 days on 22 August 2097 at 23:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 14 August 2097 at 20:56
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 August 2097 at 23:52
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 30 August 2097 at 07:54
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 6 September 2097 at 00:33
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 1207 / 2160
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 1207 of Meeus index or 2160 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
Length of current 1207 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 34 minutes. It is 2 hours and 38 minutes shorter than next lunation 1208 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 10 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 59 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠26.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠26.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠47.4°. 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 before apogee
7 days after point of perigee on 6 August 2097 at 01:35 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 18 August 2097 at 03:05 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 394 305 km
Moon is 394 305 km (245 010 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 052 km (251 688 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♏ Scorpio at 12:51 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet ascending node on 27 August 2097 at 22:42 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 5 August 2097 at 00:09 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.559°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.633° in the next southern standstill on 18 August 2097 at 11:45 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 22 August 2097 at 23:52 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.