Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 71% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 71% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 1 day on 13 December 2086 at 14:20.
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 ∠19° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1950".
Cold Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2086 after 4 days on 20 December 2086 at 08:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 20 December 2086 at 08:19
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 27 December 2086 at 21:58
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 4 January 2087 at 22:11
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 11 January 2087 at 22:31
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 1075 / 2028
The Moon is 9 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1075 of Meeus index or 2028 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
Length of current 1075 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes longer than next lunation 1076 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 39 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 24 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠238°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠238°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠275.9°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
14 days after point of apogee on 1 December 2086 at 07:42 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 17 December 2086 at 09:07 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 363 308 km
Moon is 363 308 km (225 749 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 768 km (227 278 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 5 December 2086 at 09:54 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 18 December 2086 at 14:55 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 6 December 2086 at 12:31 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.623°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.627° in the next northern standstill on 19 December 2086 at 14:19 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 20 December 2086 at 08:19 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.