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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 97% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 97% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 22 October 2042 at 02:53.
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 ∠15° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1931".
Hunter Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2042 after 1 day on 28 October 2042 at 19:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 28 October 2042 at 19:48
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 4 November 2042 at 15:51
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 12 November 2042 at 20:28
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 November 2042 at 14:31
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 529 / 1482
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 529 of Meeus index or 1482 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.77 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 25 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2042. It is 24 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 5 hours and 41 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 22 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠177.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠177.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠201.7°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 14 October 2042 at 10:02 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 28 October 2042 at 11:27 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 363 559 km
The Moon is 363 559 km (225 905 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 973 km (221 813 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 16:01 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 10 November 2042 at 01:54 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 16:01 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 20 October 2042 at 02:47 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.484°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.455° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 November 2042 at 17:22 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 28 October 2042 at 19:48 in ♈ Aries 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.
