Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 87% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 87% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 4 days on 12 December 2048 at 07:29.
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 ∠14° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1805"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1805" and ∠1950".
Cold Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2048 after 3 days on 20 December 2048 at 06:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 20 December 2048 at 06:39
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 December 2048 at 08:31
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 4 January 2049 at 02:24
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 10 January 2049 at 21:56
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 605 / 1558
The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 605 of Meeus index or 1558 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 605 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 54 minutes. It is 3 minutes longer than next lunation 606 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 50 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 19 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠348.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠348.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠3.8°. 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 before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 6 December 2048 at 07:58 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 21 December 2048 at 00:28 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 397 043 km
Moon is 397 043 km (246 711 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 367 km (252 505 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 5 December 2048 at 22:27 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 19 December 2048 at 09:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
10 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 5 December 2048 at 21:34 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-22.922°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠22.926° in the next northern standstill on 19 December 2048 at 07:59 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 20 December 2048 at 06:39 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.