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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
Length of current 96 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 2 minutes. It is 35 minutes shorter than next lunation 97 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 18 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 45 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠159.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠159.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠183.8°. 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 before perigee
12 days after point of apogee on 13 October 2007 at 09:53 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 26 October 2007 at 11:51 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 364 312 km
Moon is 364 312 km (226 373 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 755 km (221 677 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 22 October 2007 at 09:02 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 3 November 2007 at 22:09 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 16 October 2007 at 23:14 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.194°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.117° in the next northern standstill on 29 October 2007 at 18:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 26 October 2007 at 04:52 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.