Waxing
Gibbous ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 57% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 57% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 19 November 2099 at 17:17 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight. It is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
Moon in ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1782"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1782" and ∠1942".
Beaver Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2099 after 7 days on 27 November 2099 at 21:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 27 November 2099 at 21:22
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 5 December 2099 at 04:46
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 December 2099 at 23:09
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 19 December 2099 at 14:22
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 1235 / 2188
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1235 of Meeus index or 2188 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 40 minutes. It is 2 hours and 7 minutes shorter 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 4 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 5 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠27.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠27.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠49.8°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 10 November 2099 at 19:35 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 22 November 2099 at 17:25 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 402 337 km
The Moon is 402 337 km (250 001 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 988 km (251 648 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 8 November 2099 at 18:31 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 21 November 2099 at 23:18 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 15 November 2099 at 04:28 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.455°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.380° at the point of next northern standstill on 29 November 2099 at 16:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 27 November 2099 at 21:22 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.
