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 7 December 2041 at 17:42 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 ∠13° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1882"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1882" and ∠1948".
It is Cold Moon
The Full Moon this days is the Cold of December 2041.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 15 December 2041 at 13:32
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 23 December 2041 at 08:06
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 30 December 2041 at 03:46
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 6 January 2042 at 08:54
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 518 / 1471
The Moon is 14 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 518 of Meeus index or 1471 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 54 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 1 hour and 46 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 17 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠265.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠265.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠300.9°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 2 December 2041 at 16:20 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 15 December 2041 at 07:09 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 380 873 km
The Moon is 380 873 km (236 664 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 332 km (251 240 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 4 December 2041 at 20:02 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 18 December 2041 at 23:35 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 26 November 2041 at 07:01 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.785°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠27.747° at the point of next northern standstill on 9 December 2041 at 04:59 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.
