Waxing
Gibbous ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 90% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 90% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 4 days on 23 March 2010 at 11:00.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1923".
Worm Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2010 after 2 days on 30 March 2010 at 02:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 30 March 2010 at 02:25
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 6 April 2010 at 09:37
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 14 April 2010 at 12:29
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 21 April 2010 at 18:20
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 126 / 1079
The Moon is 12 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 126 of Meeus index or 1079 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 28 minutes. It is 2 hours and 53 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 44 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 19 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠215.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠215.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠247.4°.
Moon before apogee
15 days after point of apogee on 12 March 2010 at 10:07 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 March 2010 at 04:56 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 363 657 km
The Moon is 363 657 km (225 966 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 877 km (224 860 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 24 March 2010 at 13:05 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 April 2010 at 09:45 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 22 March 2010 at 12:15 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.420°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.311° at the point of next southern standstill on 4 April 2010 at 05:23 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 30 March 2010 at 02:25 in ♎ Libra 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.
