Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase on 28 January 2096 Saturday is Waxing Crescent, 3 days young Moon is in Pisces.Share this page: twitter facebook linkedin
Previous main lunar phase is the New
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase on 28 January 2096 Saturday is Waxing Crescent, 3 days young Moon is in Pisces.Share this page: twitter facebook linkedin
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 25 January 2096 at 09:45.
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1943" and ∠1948".
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2096 after 10 days on 8 February 2096 at 09:50.
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.
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1188 of Meeus index or 2141 from Brown series.
Length of current 1188 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 44 minutes. It is 2 hours and 18 minutes longer than next lunation 1189 length.
Length of current synodic month is 1 minute shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 9 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
This lunation true anomaly is ∠291.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠319.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
10 days after point of apogee on 17 January 2096 at 20:30 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep