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Moon* ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 6 days on 8 December 2005 at 09:36.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1846"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1846" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2005 after 1 day on 15 December 2005 at 16:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 15 December 2005 at 16:16
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 23 December 2005 at 19:36
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 31 December 2005 at 03:12
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 6 January 2006 at 18:57
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 73 / 1026
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 73 of Meeus index or 1026 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 11 minutes. It is 1 hour and 8 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 33 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 36 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠306.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠306.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠329.9°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 5 December 2005 at 04:32 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 December 2005 at 02:49 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 388 322 km
The Moon is 388 322 km (241 292 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 014 km (251 664 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 10 December 2005 at 04:50 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 24 December 2005 at 10:43 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 3 December 2005 at 04:51 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.415°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠28.378° at the point of next northern standstill on 16 December 2005 at 07:14 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 15 December 2005 at 16:16 in ♊ Gemini 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.
