Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 83% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 83% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 3 January 2085 at 00:47.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1826"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1826" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2085 after 4 days on 10 January 2085 at 22:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 10 January 2085 at 22:42
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 19 January 2085 at 01:26
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 25 January 2085 at 20:06
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 1 February 2085 at 14:36
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 1051 / 2004
The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1051 of Meeus index or 2004 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 1 minute. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2085. It is 34 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 44 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 25 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠345.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠345.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠0.9°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 28 December 2084 at 05:57 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 12 January 2085 at 05:03 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 392 620 km
The Moon is 392 620 km (243 963 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 331 km (252 482 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 27 December 2084 at 16:18 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 10 January 2085 at 01:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 26 December 2084 at 05:43 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.910°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠24.917° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 January 2085 at 06:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 10 January 2085 at 22:42 in ♋ Cancer 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.
