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The Moon’s orbit is tilted about 5 degrees compared to the plane of Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Because of this tilt, the Moon as seen from Earth’s perspective usually passes above or below the Sun when it passes between us and the Sun. The tilt of the Moon’s orbit prevents us from having monthly solar and lunar eclipses.
First Quarter Moon. Waxing Gibbous Moon. Full Moon. Waning Gibbous Moon. Third Quarter Moon. Waning Crescent Moon. Primary Moon phases happen at a specific moment in time, while the time between these moments are the intermediate Moon phases. The lunar cycle lasts about 29.5 days, just under a calendar month.
23 de may. de 2023 · Exploration. The moon is Earth's most constant companion and the easiest celestial object to find in the night sky. The rhythm of the phases of the moon has guided humanity for millennia; for ...
NASA's interactive map for observing the Moon each day of the year.
With a radius of about 1,080 miles (1,740 kilometers), the Moon is less than a third of the width of Earth. If Earth were the size of a nickel, the Moon would be about as big as a coffee bean. The Moon is an average of 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers) away. That means 30 Earth-sized planets could fit in between Earth and the Moon.
The Moon tonight is in Waxing Crescent phase and is currently in the constellation of Cancer, at a distance of 395,854 kilometers from Earth. The current Right Ascension of The Moon is 09h 11m 28s and the Declination is +19° 59’ 37” (topocentric coordinates computed for Greenwich, UK).. The magnitude of The Moon is -6.51 (data provided by JPL Horizons)
These continually changing views of the sunlit part of the Moon are the Moon's phases. The eight lunar phases are, in order: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent. The cycle repeats once a month (every 29.5 days).
