Waxing
Gibbous ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 80% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 80% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 2 days on 21 November 2031 at 14:45.
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 in ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1909"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1909" and ∠1944".
Beaver Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2031 after 4 days on 28 November 2031 at 23:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 28 November 2031 at 23:18
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 7 December 2031 at 03:20
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 14 December 2031 at 09:06
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 21 December 2031 at 00:00
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 394 / 1347
The Moon is 10 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 394 of Meeus index or 1347 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
Length of current 394 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 56 minutes. It is 55 minutes longer than next lunation 395 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 48 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠312.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠312.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠334.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 17 November 2031 at 22:07 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 3 December 2031 at 22:35 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 375 533 km
Moon is 375 533 km (233 345 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 355 km (251 876 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 14 November 2031 at 15:32 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 27 November 2031 at 14:01 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 16 November 2031 at 18:24 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.336°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.350° in the next northern standstill on 30 November 2031 at 00:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 28 November 2031 at 23:18 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.