Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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
6 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 6 days on 30 December 2003 at 10:03.
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 ∠21° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2004 after 2 days on 7 January 2004 at 15:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 7 January 2004 at 15:40
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 15 January 2004 at 04:46
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 21 January 2004 at 21:05
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 29 January 2004 at 06:03
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 49 / 1002
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 49 of Meeus index or 1002 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 22 minutes. It is 51 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 22 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 47 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠15.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠15.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠33.9°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 3 January 2004 at 20:19 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 January 2004 at 19:25 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 404 755 km
The Moon is 404 755 km (251 503 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 14 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 768 km (225 414 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 2 January 2004 at 20:11 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 January 2004 at 21:08 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 23 December 2003 at 20:12 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.044°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠27.031° at the point of next northern standstill on 6 January 2004 at 21:36 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 7 January 2004 at 15:40 in ♋ Cancer 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.
