Waxing
Gibbous ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 85% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 85% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 3 days on 9 November 2005 at 01:57.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the afternoon and sets after midnight to early morning. It is visible to the southeast in early evening and it is up for most of the night.
Moon in ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1945"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1945" and ∠1939".
Beaver Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2005 after 3 days on 16 November 2005 at 00:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 16 November 2005 at 00:58
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 23 November 2005 at 22:11
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 1 December 2005 at 15:01
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 8 December 2005 at 09:36
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 72 / 1025
The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 72 of Meeus index or 1025 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
Length of current 72 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 36 minutes. It is 1 hour and 25 minutes longer than next lunation 73 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 52 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 11 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠273.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠273.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠306.3°. 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°).
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 10 November 2005 at 00:15 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 23 November 2005 at 06:17 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 368 622 km
Moon is 368 622 km (229 051 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 371 km (251 264 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after its descending node on 31 October 2005 at 00:32 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 13 November 2005 at 02:02 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 5 November 2005 at 22:03 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.529°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.471° in the next northern standstill on 18 November 2005 at 23:39 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 16 November 2005 at 00:58 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.