Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 88% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 88% 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 18 December 2053 at 09:11.
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 ∠21° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1910"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1910" and ∠1951".
Cold Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2053 after 2 days on 25 December 2053 at 09:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 25 December 2053 at 09:23
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 1 January 2054 at 01:11
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 8 January 2054 at 22:34
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 17 January 2054 at 02:14
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 667 / 1620
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 667 of Meeus index or 1620 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
Length of current 667 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2053. It is 47 minutes shorter than next lunation 668 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 54 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠141.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠141.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠168.6°. 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
8 days after point of apogee on 13 December 2053 at 21:20 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 26 December 2053 at 06:40 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 375 298 km
Moon is 375 298 km (233 199 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 032 km (222 471 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 17 December 2053 at 00:48 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 29 December 2053 at 18:29 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
19 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 11 December 2053 at 12:05 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.771°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.770° in the next northern standstill on 25 December 2053 at 11:21 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 25 December 2053 at 09:23 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.