Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 64% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 64% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 1 day on 3 June 2006 at 23:06.
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 is entering ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1772"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1772" and ∠1891".
Strawberry Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2006 after 6 days on 11 June 2006 at 18:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 June 2006 at 18:03
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 18 June 2006 at 14:08
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 25 June 2006 at 16:05
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 3 July 2006 at 16:37
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 79 / 1032
The Moon is 9 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 79 of Meeus index or 1032 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
Length of current 79 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes. It is 1 hour and 46 minutes shorter than next lunation 80 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 4 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 5 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠64.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠64.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠97.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 4 June 2006 at 01:41 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 16 June 2006 at 17:07 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 404 522 km
Moon is 404 522 km (251 358 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 926 km (229 240 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♎ Libra at 12:10 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 18 June 2006 at 19:11 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 29 May 2006 at 01:13 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.490°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.452° in the next southern standstill on 12 June 2006 at 10:30 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 11 June 2006 at 18:03 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.