Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% 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 12 November 2048 at 20:29.
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 ∠5° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1814"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1814" and ∠1942".
Beaver Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2048 after 1 day on 20 November 2048 at 11:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 20 November 2048 at 11:20
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 28 November 2048 at 16:34
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 5 December 2048 at 15:30
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 12 December 2048 at 07:29
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 604 / 1557
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 604 of Meeus index or 1557 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 604 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 52 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2048. It is 2 minutes shorter than next lunation 605 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 52 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 17 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠330.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠330.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠348.2°. 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
10 days after point of perigee on 7 November 2048 at 23:21 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 23 November 2048 at 18:24 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 395 093 km
Moon is 395 093 km (245 499 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 5 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 928 km (252 232 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 8 November 2048 at 12:22 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 22 November 2048 at 02:54 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 8 November 2048 at 11:15 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-22.947°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠22.917° in the next northern standstill on 22 November 2048 at 01:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 20 November 2048 at 11:20 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.