Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 92% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 92% and growing larger. The 12 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 5 December 2046 at 07:56.
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 ∠15° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1783"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1783" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2046 after 2 days on 13 December 2046 at 09:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 13 December 2046 at 09:55
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 20 December 2046 at 14:43
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 27 December 2046 at 10:39
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 4 January 2047 at 05:31
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 580 / 1533
The Moon is 12 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 580 of Meeus index or 1533 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
Length of current 580 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 49 minutes. It is 2 hours and 16 minutes shorter than next lunation 581 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 58 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠35.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠35.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠60.8°. 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 after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 7 December 2046 at 12:36 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 December 2046 at 05:06 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 401 942 km
Moon is 401 942 km (249 755 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 12 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 619 km (229 049 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 1 December 2046 at 12:55 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 December 2046 at 00:01 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 28 November 2046 at 22:56 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.048°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.034° in the next northern standstill on 13 December 2046 at 08:12 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 13 December 2046 at 09:55 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.