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Moon* ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 2 November 2068 at 20:38.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1960"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1960" and ∠1937".
Beaver Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2068 after 1 day on 9 November 2068 at 11:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 9 November 2068 at 11:40
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 16 November 2068 at 17:33
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 24 November 2068 at 21:42
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 2 December 2068 at 05:21
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 851 / 1804
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 851 of Meeus index or 1804 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 25 minutes. It is 1 hour and 23 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 41 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 22 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠209.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠209.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠241.5°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 7 November 2068 at 20:44 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 19 November 2068 at 19:10 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 365 615 km
The Moon is 365 615 km (227 183 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 230 km (251 798 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 27 October 2068 at 18:44 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 9 November 2068 at 19:59 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 29 October 2068 at 20:53 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.659°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.651° at the point of next northern standstill on 11 November 2068 at 15:07 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 9 November 2068 at 11:40 in ♉ Taurus the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
