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 20 November 2061 at 08:11.
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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1904"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1904" and ∠1944".
Beaver Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2061 after 3 days on 27 November 2061 at 06:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 27 November 2061 at 06:32
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 3 December 2061 at 22:12
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 December 2061 at 22:32
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 19 December 2061 at 23:58
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 765 / 1718
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 765 of Meeus index or 1718 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
Length of current 765 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes. It is 27 minutes shorter than next lunation 766 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 ∠151.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠151.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠176.8°. 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 perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 15 November 2061 at 02:30 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 27 November 2061 at 19:57 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 376 387 km
Moon is 376 387 km (233 876 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 101 km (221 892 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 11:10 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 5 December 2061 at 23:41 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 11:10 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 15 November 2061 at 15:41 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.489°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.441° in the next northern standstill on 28 November 2061 at 23:49 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 27 November 2061 at 06:32 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.