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Lunar Cycles - Monday, July 4, 2016
TODAY - Monday, July 4, 2016 ---------------------------------------------- Date and time: 3 July 2016 - 23:52MST Moon distance to earth: 232,779 miles Age moon: 29.3 days Moon phase: New Moon Percentage visible: 0%
. The Moon today is in a New Moon phase. During this phase the Moon is to close to the sun in the sky to be visible. The moon rises and sets with the sun and is not present in the night sky. Because of this the night sky is darker and an excellent time to view other celestial objects. Like the Full Moon, a New Moon happens at a very specific time when the sun and moon have the same ecliptic longitude and it can be measured down to the second it occurs. . Upcoming main Moon phases ---------------------------------------- First Quarter on 12 July 2016 at 00:52 Full Moon on 19 July 2016 at 22:57 Last Quarter on 26 July 2016 at 23:00 New Moon on 2 August 2016 at 20:45 . Spring tide -------------- There is high New Moon ocean tide today. Combined Sun and Moon gravitational tidal force working on Earth is strong, because of the Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment. . Tide 1 Low 03:24am (-0.19m) High 09:21am (2.87m) Tide 2 Low 03:41pm (-0.63m) High 10:01pm (3.08m) . Moon after perigee ------------------------ 3 days after point of perigee on 1 July 2016 at 06:45 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 13 July 2016 at 05:24 in ♏ Scorpio. . Moon after northern standstill -------------------------------------- 1 day after previous North standstill on 3 July 2016 at 20:06 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.598°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.569° in the next southern standstill on 18 July 2016 at 03:41 in ♑ Capricorn. . //////// TOOLS USED //////// http://lunaf.com/lunar-calendar/ //////// http://www.calendar-365.com/moon/current-moon-phase.html //////// http://www.moongiant.com/phase/today/ //////// http://www.moontracks.com/declinations.html //////// http://astropixels.com/ephemeris/moon/moonkey.html