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Moon* ♉ Taurus
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 14 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 19 October 2007 at 08:33.
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 ∠22° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1930".
Hunter Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2007 after 1 day on 26 October 2007 at 04:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 26 October 2007 at 04:52
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 1 November 2007 at 21:18
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 9 November 2007 at 23:03
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 17 November 2007 at 22:32
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 96 / 1049
The Moon is 14 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 96 of Meeus index or 1049 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 2 minutes. It is 35 minutes shorter 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 18 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 45 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠159.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠159.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠183.8°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 13 October 2007 at 09:53 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 26 October 2007 at 11:51 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 364 312 km
The Moon is 364 312 km (226 373 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 755 km (221 677 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 22 October 2007 at 09:02 in ♓ Pisces. 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 3 November 2007 at 22:09 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 16 October 2007 at 23:14 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.194°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.117° at the point of next northern standstill on 29 October 2007 at 18:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 26 October 2007 at 04:52 in ♉ Taurus 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.
