Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 27 October 2017 at 22:22.
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 ∠17° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1903"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1903" and ∠1934".
Beaver Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2017 after 1 day on 4 November 2017 at 05:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 4 November 2017 at 05:23
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 10 November 2017 at 20:37
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 18 November 2017 at 11:42
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 26 November 2017 at 17:03
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 220 / 1173
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 220 of Meeus index or 1173 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.69 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 30 minutes. It is 2 hours and 18 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 46 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 17 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠114.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠114.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠147°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 25 October 2017 at 02:25 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 6 November 2017 at 00:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 376 577 km
The Moon is 376 577 km (233 994 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 438 km (224 587 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 29 October 2017 at 06:41 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 10 November 2017 at 22:40 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 25 October 2017 at 18:13 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.741°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.848° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 November 2017 at 01:28 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 4 November 2017 at 05:23 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.
