Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 95% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 95% 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 24 July 2015 at 04:04.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1894"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1894" and ∠1890".
Buck Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2015 after 1 day on 31 July 2015 at 10:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 31 July 2015 at 10:43
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 7 August 2015 at 02:03
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 14 August 2015 at 14:54
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 22 August 2015 at 19:31
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 192 / 1145
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 192 of Meeus index or 1145 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 29 minutes. It is 2 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 45 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 18 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠112.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠112.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠144.1°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 21 July 2015 at 11:02 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 2 August 2015 at 10:11 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 378 363 km
The Moon is 378 363 km (235 104 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 135 km (225 020 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 21 July 2015 at 19:32 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 4 August 2015 at 02:53 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 28 July 2015 at 17:34 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.344°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.288° at the point of next northern standstill on 10 August 2015 at 11:11 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 31 July 2015 at 10:43 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
