Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 91% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 91% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 26 July 2012 at 08:56.
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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1951"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1951" and ∠1890".
Sturgeon Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2012 after 2 days on 2 August 2012 at 03:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 2 August 2012 at 03:27
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 9 August 2012 at 18:55
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 17 August 2012 at 15:54
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 24 August 2012 at 13:54
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 155 / 1108
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 155 of Meeus index or 1108 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
Length of current 155 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 14 minutes longer than next lunation 156 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 14 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 55 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠248.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠248.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠283.7°. 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 after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 29 July 2012 at 08:30 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 10 August 2012 at 10:51 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 367 381 km
Moon is 367 381 km (228 280 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 125 km (251 112 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 28 July 2012 at 10:34 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 11 August 2012 at 00:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 29 July 2012 at 12:11 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.592°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.492° in the next northern standstill on 12 August 2012 at 09:47 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 2 August 2012 at 03:27 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.