Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 94% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 94% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 18 July 2010 at 10:11.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1820"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1820" and ∠1889".
Buck Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2010 after 2 days on 26 July 2010 at 01:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 26 July 2010 at 01:37
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 3 August 2010 at 04:59
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 10 August 2010 at 03:08
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 August 2010 at 18:14
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 130 / 1083
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 130 of Meeus index or 1083 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
Length of current 130 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 28 minutes. It is 6 minutes longer than next lunation 131 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 16 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 53 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠332.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠332.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠349.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 13 July 2010 at 11:21 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 28 July 2010 at 23:50 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 393 904 km
Moon is 393 904 km (244 761 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 5 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 955 km (252 249 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after its descending node on 11 July 2010 at 07:30 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 24 July 2010 at 07:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 22 July 2010 at 11:12 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-25.034°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.984° in the next northern standstill on 6 August 2010 at 02:49 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 26 July 2010 at 01:37 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.