Waxing
Gibbous ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 84% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 84% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 22 November 2039 at 21:17.
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 ∠17° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1833"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1833" and ∠1944".
Beaver Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2039 after 4 days on 30 November 2039 at 16:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 30 November 2039 at 16:49
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 8 December 2039 at 20:44
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 December 2039 at 16:32
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 22 December 2039 at 10:01
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 493 / 1446
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 493 of Meeus index or 1446 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 493 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 46 minutes. It is 7 minutes shorter than next lunation 494 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 58 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 11 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠340.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠340.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠356.9°. 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 before apogee
9 days after point of perigee on 17 November 2039 at 09:19 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 2 December 2039 at 16:15 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 391 008 km
Moon is 391 008 km (242 961 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 245 km (252 429 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 17 November 2039 at 12:34 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 1 December 2039 at 02:11 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
22 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
7 days after previous South standstill on 19 November 2039 at 08:56 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-25.460°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠25.474° in the next northern standstill on 3 December 2039 at 10:32 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 30 November 2039 at 16:49 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.