Full
Moon ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Full Moon 100% illuminated
Full Moon is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 100%. The 14 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this Full Moon phase is on 11 December 2038 at 17:30 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. It is visible all night and it is high in the sky around midnight.
Moon in ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1780"
Lunar disc appears visually 9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1780" and ∠1949".
It is Cold Moon
The Full Moon this days is the Cold of December 2038.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 19 December 2038 at 09:29
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 26 December 2038 at 01:02
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 2 January 2039 at 07:37
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 10 January 2039 at 11:45
Spring tide
There is high Full Moon ocean tide on this date. Combined Sun and Moon gravitational tidal force working on Earth is strong, because of the Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
Lunation 481 / 1434
The Moon is 14 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 481 of Meeus index or 1434 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 15 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 29 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 40 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠10.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠10.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠28.2°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 8 December 2038 at 13:35 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 24 December 2038 at 08:23 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 402 585 km
The Moon is 402 585 km (250 155 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 283 km (224 491 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after descending node on 28 November 2038 at 08:54 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 12 December 2038 at 16:05 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 29 November 2038 at 02:24 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.865°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠23.887° at the point of next northern standstill on 13 December 2038 at 13:26 in ♋ Cancer.
Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy
The Moon is in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
