Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 85% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 85% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 13 August 2005 at 02:39.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1956"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1956" and ∠1895".
Sturgeon Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2005 after 3 days on 19 August 2005 at 17:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 19 August 2005 at 17:53
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 26 August 2005 at 15:18
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 September 2005 at 18:45
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 September 2005 at 11:37
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 69 / 1022
The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 69 of Meeus index or 1022 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 minute shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 57 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 6 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠181.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠181.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠205.9°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 4 August 2005 at 21:49 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 August 2005 at 05:32 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 366 437 km
The Moon is 366 437 km (227 693 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 396 km (222 076 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 10 August 2005 at 07:53 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 August 2005 at 23:05 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 03:16 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-28.409°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠28.476° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 28 August 2005 at 23:42.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 19 August 2005 at 17:53 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
