Waxing
Gibbous ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 81% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 81% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 3 days on 14 November 2056 at 05:33.
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 ∠4° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1808"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1808" and ∠1941".
Beaver Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2056 after 4 days on 22 November 2056 at 06:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 22 November 2056 at 06:12
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 30 November 2056 at 06:37
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 December 2056 at 22:31
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 13 December 2056 at 20:54
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 703 / 1656
The Moon is 10 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 703 of Meeus index or 1656 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
Length of current 703 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 10 minutes. It is 1 hour and 8 minutes shorter than next lunation 704 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 34 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 35 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠353.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠353.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠9.2°. 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
9 days after point of perigee on 7 November 2056 at 20:56 in ♏ Scorpio. 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 November 2056 at 23:18 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 396 333 km
Moon is 396 333 km (246 270 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 436 km (252 548 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after its descending node on 11 November 2056 at 09:30 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 25 November 2056 at 19:20 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 11 November 2056 at 06:14 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-22.728°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠22.815° in the next northern standstill on 25 November 2056 at 17:50 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 22 November 2056 at 06:12 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.