Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 89% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 89% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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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 1 February 2001 at 14:02.
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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1959"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1959" and ∠1946".
Snow Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2001 after 2 days on 8 February 2001 at 07:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 8 February 2001 at 07:12
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 15 February 2001 at 03:24
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 February 2001 at 08:21
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 3 March 2001 at 02:03
Lunar orbit position on
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 8 February 2001 at 07:12 in ♌ Leo 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.
