Waxing
Gibbous ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 72% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 72% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 2 days on 26 November 2055 at 01:42.
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 is entering ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1945".
Cold Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2055 after 5 days on 4 December 2055 at 05:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 4 December 2055 at 05:40
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 11 December 2055 at 15:05
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 18 December 2055 at 08:15
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 25 December 2055 at 22:29
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 691 / 1644
The Moon is 9 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 691 of Meeus index or 1644 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
Length of current 691 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 41 minutes. It is 2 hours and 14 minutes shorter than next lunation 692 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 3 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 6 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠24.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠24.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠45.5°. 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
11 days after point of perigee on 17 November 2055 at 09:42 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 29 November 2055 at 09:39 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 404 742 km
Moon is 404 742 km (251 495 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 307 km (251 846 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 23 November 2055 at 14:19 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 8 December 2055 at 02:26 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
17 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 21 November 2055 at 23:06 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.087°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.161° in the next northern standstill on 6 December 2055 at 12:59 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 4 December 2055 at 05:40 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.