Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 89% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 89% 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 29 November 2033 at 15:15.
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 ∠3° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1947".
Cold Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2033 after 2 days on 6 December 2033 at 07:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 6 December 2033 at 07:22
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 13 December 2033 at 15:28
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 21 December 2033 at 18:47
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 29 December 2033 at 00:20
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 419 / 1372
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 419 of Meeus index or 1372 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 7 minutes. It is 1 hour and 52 minutes longer 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 23 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 40 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠217.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠217.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠252°.
Moon before apogee
15 days after point of apogee on 18 November 2033 at 10:41 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 4 December 2033 at 08:06 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 363 598 km
The Moon is 363 598 km (225 929 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 272 km (225 105 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 1 December 2033 at 23:03 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 15 December 2033 at 02:35 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 24 November 2033 at 06:12 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.438°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.469° at the point of next northern standstill on 7 December 2033 at 04:42 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 6 December 2033 at 07:22 in ♊ Gemini 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.
