Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 83% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 83% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 3 days on 12 December 2029 at 17:49.
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 ∠6° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1950".
Cold Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2029 after 4 days on 20 December 2029 at 22:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 20 December 2029 at 22:46
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 December 2029 at 09:49
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 4 January 2030 at 02:49
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 11 January 2030 at 14:06
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 370 / 1323
The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 370 of Meeus index or 1323 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
Length of current 370 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 21 minutes shorter than next lunation 371 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 47 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 22 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠19.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠19.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠39.8°. 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 13:58, this is 12 days after last perigee on 4 December 2029 at 10:38 in ♏ Scorpio. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 16 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 1 January 2030 at 15:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 405 520 km
This apogee Moon is 405 520 km (251 978 mi) away from Earth. It is 112 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 189 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 6 December 2029 at 09:51 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 December 2029 at 15:21 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 5 December 2029 at 21:50 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.574°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.577° in the next northern standstill on 20 December 2029 at 00:22 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 20 December 2029 at 22:46 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.