Waxing Gibbous on

Moon phase on 30 May 2012 Wednesday is Waxing Gibbous, 9 days young Moon is in Libra.

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Lunar calendar 2012 | May 2012

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

Waxing Gibbous 68% illuminated

Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 68% 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 28 May 2012 at 20:16.

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 ∠1940"

Lunar disc appears visually 2.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1940" and ∠1892".

Strawberry Moon after 4 days

Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2012 after 4 days on 4 June 2012 at 11:12.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 June 2012 at 11:12
  • Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 11 June 2012 at 10:41
  • New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 19 June 2012 at 15:02
  • First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 27 June 2012 at 03:30

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 153 / 1106

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 153 of Meeus index or 1106 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.64 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 15 minutes. It is 1 hour 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 31 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 32 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠191.8°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠191.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠217.1°.

Moon before apogee

10 days after point of apogee on 19 May 2012 at 16:13 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 3 June 2012 at 13:19 in ♏ Scorpio.

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Distance to Moon 369 485 km

The Moon is 369 485 km (229 587 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 483 km (222 751 mi).

Moon before ascending node

9 days after descending node on 21 May 2012 at 09:21 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 3 June 2012 at 20:38 in ♏ Scorpio.

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Draconic month

23 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.

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Moon before southern standstill

8 days since the previous standstill on 22 May 2012 at 11:13 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.709°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-21.714° at the point of next southern standstill on 4 June 2012 at 17:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Syzygy in 4 days

In 4 days on 4 June 2012 at 11:12 in ♐ Sagittarius 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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