Moon phase today – Lunar calendar

Lunar orbit position on 26 September 2022 Monday

12:00 UTC

True anomaly

∠265.5°

The true anomaly is ∠265.5°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠299.9°.

Moon after apogee

6 days after point of apogee on 19 September 2022 at 14:44 in ♋ Cancer. 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 4 October 2022 at 17:01 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Distance to Moon

386 171 km

The Moon is 386 171 km (239 956 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 335 km (229 494 mi).

Moon before descending node

11 days after ascending node on 14 September 2022 at 14:49 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 September 2022 at 23:43 in ♏ Scorpio.

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Draconic month

11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon before southern standstill

7 days since the previous standstill on 18 September 2022 at 22:10 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.316°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.411° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 October 2022 at 19:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

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