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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 ♊ Gemini.
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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 16 December 2045 at 13:08.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1883"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1883" and ∠1951".
Cold Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2045 after 1 day on 24 December 2045 at 00:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 24 December 2045 at 00:49
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 30 December 2045 at 18:11
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 7 January 2046 at 04:24
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 15 January 2046 at 09:42
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 568 / 1521
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 568 of Meeus index or 1521 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
Length of current 568 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 43 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes shorter than next lunation 569 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 59 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 4 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠92.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠92.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠129.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of apogee on 14 December 2045 at 21:16 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 26 December 2045 at 14:47 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 380 604 km
Moon is 380 604 km (236 496 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 579 km (226 539 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 13 December 2045 at 03:42 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 26 December 2045 at 21:24 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
13 days after previous South standstill on 8 December 2045 at 23:23 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.229°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.241° in the next northern standstill on 23 December 2045 at 08:37 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 24 December 2045 at 00:49 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.