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Moon* ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 11 November 2040 at 15:23.
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 ∠10° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1863"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1863" and ∠1941".
Beaver Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2040 after 1 day on 18 November 2040 at 19:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 18 November 2040 at 19:06
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 26 November 2040 at 21:07
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 December 2040 at 07:33
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 10 December 2040 at 23:30
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 505 / 1458
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 505 of Meeus index or 1458 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
Length of current 505 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 37 minutes. It is 1 hour and 2 minutes longer than next lunation 506 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 7 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 2 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠297°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠297°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠323.5°. 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
8 days after point of perigee on 9 November 2040 at 06:17 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 24 November 2040 at 19:12 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 384 739 km
Moon is 384 739 km (239 066 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 851 km (251 563 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 5 November 2040 at 15:13 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 18 November 2040 at 14:37 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 8 November 2040 at 17:47 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.814°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.813° in the next northern standstill on 22 November 2040 at 02:56 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 18 November 2040 at 19:06 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.