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Waxing Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 21 December 2088 at 04:52.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1960"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1960" and ∠1951".
Cold Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2088 after 1 day on 28 December 2088 at 00:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 28 December 2088 at 00:57
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 3 January 2089 at 18:00
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 11 January 2089 at 20:17
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 19 January 2089 at 19:47
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 1100 / 2053
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 1100 of Meeus index or 2053 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
Length of current 1100 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 26 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2088. It is 28 minutes longer than next lunation 1101 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 42 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 21 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠160.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠160.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠185.7°. 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
11 days after point of apogee on 15 December 2088 at 03:25 in ♑ Capricorn. 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 28 December 2088 at 06:32 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 365 788 km
Moon is 365 788 km (227 290 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 500 km (221 519 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after its descending node on 23 December 2088 at 02:43 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 4 January 2089 at 12:45 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
13 days after previous South standstill on 13 December 2088 at 04:28 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.960°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.933° in the next northern standstill on 27 December 2088 at 04:20 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 28 December 2088 at 00:57 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.