Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 92% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 92% 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 22 November 2020 at 04:45.
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 is entering ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1945".
Beaver Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2020 after 2 days on 30 November 2020 at 09:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 30 November 2020 at 09:30
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 8 December 2020 at 00:37
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 14 December 2020 at 16:17
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 21 December 2020 at 23:41
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 258 / 1211
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 258 of Meeus index or 1211 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 258 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes. It is 1 hour and 35 minutes shorter than next lunation 259 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 35 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 34 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠12.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠12.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠30.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 00:29, this is 12 days after last perigee on 14 November 2020 at 11:48 in ♏ Scorpio. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 12 December 2020 at 20:42 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 405 891 km
This apogee Moon is 405 891 km (252 209 mi) away from Earth. It is 483 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 818 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 17 November 2020 at 00:07 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 1 December 2020 at 07:46 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 18 November 2020 at 11:27 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.856°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.882° in the next northern standstill on 3 December 2020 at 01:22 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 30 November 2020 at 09:30 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.