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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 14 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 6 days on 28 October 2082 at 12:13.
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 ∠0° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1935".
Beaver Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2082 after 1 day on 5 November 2082 at 14:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 5 November 2082 at 14:38
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 13 November 2082 at 12:46
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 20 November 2082 at 04:19
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 27 November 2082 at 04:07
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 1024 / 1977
The Moon is 14 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1024 of Meeus index or 1977 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
Length of current 1024 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 29 minutes. It is 1 hour and 22 minutes shorter than next lunation 1025 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 15 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 54 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠358°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠358°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠13.3°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 15:15, this is 13 days after last perigee on 21 October 2082 at 21:44 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 14 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 19 November 2082 at 09:39 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 406 429 km
This apogee Moon is 406 429 km (252 543 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 021 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 280 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 29 October 2082 at 23:42 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 13 November 2082 at 14:12 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
5 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 25 October 2082 at 12:18 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.625°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.510° in the next northern standstill on 9 November 2082 at 00:08 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 5 November 2082 at 14:38 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.