Waxing Gibbous Moon
Waxing Gibbous MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

Waxing Gibbous in Scorpio

Waxing Gibbous on . Illuminated surface of the Moon is 99% and growing larger. Lunar cycle is 13 days young.

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.

Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon is entering ♏ Scorpio

Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.

6 days after First Quarter

Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 6 days on 28 April 2088 at 01:29.

Flower Moon after 1 day

Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2088 after 1 day on 5 May 2088 at 16:25.

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.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1799"

Lunar disc appears visually 5.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1799" and ∠1902".

Lunation 1092 / 2045

The Moon is 13 days young and navigating from the first to the middle part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 1092 of Meeus index or 2045 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.35 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 24 minutes and it is 1 hour and 19 minutes longer than the upcoming lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Lunation length shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 20 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 49 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠331.3°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠331.3° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠348.3°.

Moon before apogee

11 days since point of perigee on 23 April 2088 at 04:05 in ♉ Taurus the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 8 May 2088 at 19:11 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Distance to Moon 398 454 km

The Moon is 398 454 km (247 588 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 804 km (252 155 mi).

Moon in ascending node

Moon is in ascending node in ♏ Scorpio at 21:55 crossing the ecliptic from South to North. Lunar position remains north of if for the upcoming 14 days until Moon's next descending node later on 19 May 2088 at 04:20 in ♉ Taurus.

Moon before southern standstill

9 days since the last northern standstill on 24 April 2088 at 17:34 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.385° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.393° at the point of next southern standstill on 8 May 2088 at 14:54 in ♐ Sagittarius.

New draconic month

At 21:55 in the point ot ascending node the Moon is completing the last draconic month and is entering a new one while the lunar orbit is crossing the ecliptic from South to North.

Syzygy in 1 day

In 1 day on 5 May 2088 at 16:25 in ♏ Scorpio 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.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov