Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 91% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 91% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 2 December 2011 at 09:52.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1770"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1948".
Cold Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2011 after 3 days on 10 December 2011 at 14:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 10 December 2011 at 14:36
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 18 December 2011 at 00:48
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 24 December 2011 at 18:06
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 1 January 2012 at 06:15
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 147 / 1100
The Moon is 12 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 147 of Meeus index or 1100 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 36 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 47 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 22 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠21.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠21.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠42.1°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 6 December 2011 at 01:13 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 22 December 2011 at 02:56 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 404 972 km
The Moon is 404 972 km (251 638 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 14 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 801 km (226 677 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 26 November 2011 at 01:02 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 10 December 2011 at 07:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, 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 26 November 2011 at 06:47 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.552°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.554° at the point of next northern standstill on 10 December 2011 at 13:37 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 10 December 2011 at 14:36 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.
