Waxing
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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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 29 April 2012 at 09:58.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1964"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1964" and ∠1902".
Flower Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2012 after 1 day on 6 May 2012 at 03:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 6 May 2012 at 03:35
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 12 May 2012 at 21:47
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 20 May 2012 at 23:47
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 28 May 2012 at 20:16
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 152 / 1105
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 152 of Meeus index or 1105 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.69 days
Length of current 152 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 29 minutes. It is 1 hour and 14 minutes longer than next lunation 153 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 45 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 18 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠168.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠168.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠191.8°. 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 perigee
11 days after point of apogee on 22 April 2012 at 13:49 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 May 2012 at 03:33 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 364 990 km
Moon is 364 990 km (226 794 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 954 km (221 801 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 24 April 2012 at 03:44 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 7 May 2012 at 09:43 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 25 April 2012 at 05:37 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠21.738°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-21.719° in the next southern standstill on 8 May 2012 at 06:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 6 May 2012 at 03:35 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.