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Moon* ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and growing larger. The 13 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 22 October 2012 at 03:32.
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 ∠21° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1796"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1796" and ∠1932".
Hunter Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2012 after 1 day on 29 October 2012 at 19:50.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 29 October 2012 at 19:50
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 7 November 2012 at 00:36
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 13 November 2012 at 22:08
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 November 2012 at 14:31
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 158 / 1111
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 158 of Meeus index or 1111 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 5 minutes. It is 29 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 39 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 30 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠334.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠334.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠351.3°.
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of perigee on 17 October 2012 at 01:02 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 1 November 2012 at 15:30 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 399 096 km
The Moon is 399 096 km (247 987 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 050 km (252 308 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 17 October 2012 at 18:27 in ♏ Scorpio. 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 31 October 2012 at 10:36 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 19 October 2012 at 06:49 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.964°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.920° at the point of next northern standstill on 2 November 2012 at 08:15 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 29 October 2012 at 19:50 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.
