Waxing Gibbous on

Moon phase on 6 July 2017 Thursday is Waxing Gibbous, 12 days young Moon is in Sagittarius.

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Lunar calendar 2017 | July 2017

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

Waxing Gibbous 94% illuminated

Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 94% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.

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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 1 July 2017 at 00:51.

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 ♐ Sagittarius

Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"

Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1887".

Buck Moon after 2 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2017 after 2 days on 9 July 2017 at 04:07.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 9 July 2017 at 04:07
  • Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 16 July 2017 at 19:26
  • New Moon in Leo ♌ on 23 July 2017 at 09:46
  • First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 30 July 2017 at 15:23

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 216 / 1169

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 216 of Meeus index or 1169 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.3 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 15 minutes. It is 1 hour and 30 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 shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 29 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 40 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠11°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠11°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠27.9°.

Moon at apogee

Moon is at apogee at 04:27. It is 12 days after previous perigee on 23 June 2017 at 10:49 in ♊ Gemini. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next perigee on 21 July 2017 at 17:09 in ♊ Gemini.

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Distance to Moon 405 934 km

This apogee Moon is 405 934 km (252 236 mi) away from Earth. It is 526 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 775 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.

Moon before descending node

8 days after ascending node on 27 June 2017 at 16:26 in ♌ Leo. 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 12 July 2017 at 05:17 in ♒ Aquarius.

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Draconic month

8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon before southern standstill

12 days since the previous standstill on 24 June 2017 at 11:12 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.434°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-19.440° at the point of next southern standstill on 8 July 2017 at 10:49 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Syzygy in 2 days

In 2 days on 9 July 2017 at 04:07 in ♑ Capricorn 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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