Waxing
Gibbous ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 86% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 86% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 3 days on 11 October 2013 at 23:02.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1929"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1929" and ∠1925".
Hunter Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2013 after 3 days on 18 October 2013 at 23:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 18 October 2013 at 23:38
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 26 October 2013 at 23:41
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 3 November 2013 at 12:50
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 10 November 2013 at 05:57
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 170 / 1123
The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 170 of Meeus index or 1123 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
Length of current 170 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 15 minutes. It is 43 minutes longer than next lunation 171 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 29 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 40 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠285.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠285.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠315°. 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
4 days after point of perigee on 10 October 2013 at 23:06 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 25 October 2013 at 14:25 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 371 517 km
Moon is 371 517 km (230 850 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 561 km (251 383 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 6 October 2013 at 22:08 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 19 October 2013 at 21:47 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 9 October 2013 at 23:52 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.537°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.509° in the next northern standstill on 23 October 2013 at 09:13 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 18 October 2013 at 23:38 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.