Waxing
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 82% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 82% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 21 September 2015 at 08:59.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1934"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1934" and ∠1913".
Harvest Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2015 after 3 days on 28 September 2015 at 02:50.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 28 September 2015 at 02:50
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 4 October 2015 at 21:06
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 13 October 2015 at 00:06
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 20 October 2015 at 20:31
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 194 / 1147
The Moon is 10 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 194 of Meeus index or 1147 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 24 minutes. It is 17 minutes shorter 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 4 hours and 40 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠169.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠169.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠192.9°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 14 September 2015 at 11:28 in ♎ Libra. 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 28 September 2015 at 01:46 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 370 594 km
The Moon is 370 594 km (230 276 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 877 km (221 753 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 14 September 2015 at 04:38 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 27 September 2015 at 21:04 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 21 September 2015 at 12:02 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.134°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.140° at the point of next northern standstill on 3 October 2015 at 23:55 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 28 September 2015 at 02:50 in ♈ Aries 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.
