Waxing Gibbous on

Moon phase on 2 March 2007 Friday is Waxing Gibbous, 13 days young Moon is in Leo.

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Lunar calendar 2007 | March 2007

Waxing Gibbous phase
Waxing Gibbous phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waxing Gibbous 98% illuminated

Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.

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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 24 February 2007 at 07:56.

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 ♌ Leo

Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1804"

Lunar disc appears visually 7.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1804" and ∠1936".

Worm Moon after 1 day

Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2007 after 1 day on 3 March 2007 at 23:17.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 March 2007 at 23:17
  • Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 March 2007 at 03:54
  • New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 19 March 2007 at 02:43
  • First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 25 March 2007 at 18:16

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 88 / 1041

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 88 of Meeus index or 1041 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.44 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 28 minutes. It is 1 hour and 35 minutes longer 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 shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 16 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 53 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠331.4°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠331.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠348.7°.

Moon before perigee

11 days after point of perigee on 19 February 2007 at 09:34 in ♓ Pisces. 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 7 March 2007 at 03:37 in ♎ Libra.

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Distance to Moon 397 391 km

The Moon is 397 391 km (246 927 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 851 km (252 184 mi).

Moon before descending node

11 days after ascending node on 18 February 2007 at 20:43 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 4 March 2007 at 05:31 in ♍ Virgo.

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Draconic month

11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon after northern standstill

4 days since the previous standstill on 25 February 2007 at 23:35 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.600°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.608° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 March 2007 at 16:11 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Syzygy in 1 day

In 1 day on 3 March 2007 at 23:17 in ♍ Virgo 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.

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