Waxing Crescent on 30 September 2022 Friday
Moon phase on 30 September 2022 Friday is Waxing Crescent, 5 days young Moon is in Sagittarius.
Moon phase for 30 September 2022 Friday 12:00 UTC
Lunar calendar 2022 | September 2022
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on 30 September 2022, Friday . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 23% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 25 September 2022 at 21:54.
Hunter Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2022 after 9 days on 9 October 2022 at 20:55.
First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ after 2 days on 3 October 2022 at 00:14
Full Moon in Aries ♈ after 9 days on 9 October 2022 at 20:55
Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ after 17 days on 17 October 2022 at 17:15
New Moon in Scorpio ♏ after 24 days on 25 October 2022 at 10:49
Lunar orbit position on 30 September 2022 Friday 12:00 UTC
10 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 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 4 October 2022 at 17:01 in ♑ Capricorn.
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 28 September 2022 at 23:43 in ♏ Scorpio. 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 11 October 2022 at 21:49 in ♉ Taurus.
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
11 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 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.411° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 October 2022 at 19:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.
In 9 days on 9 October 2022 at 20:55 in ♈ Aries 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.