Waxing
Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 84% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 84% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 19 July 2018 at 19:52.
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 ∠13° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1797"
Lunar disc appears visually 5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1797" and ∠1889".
Buck Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2018 after 4 days on 27 July 2018 at 20:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 27 July 2018 at 20:20
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 4 August 2018 at 18:18
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 11 August 2018 at 09:58
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 18 August 2018 at 07:49
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 229 / 1182
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 229 of Meeus index or 1182 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
Length of current 229 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 10 minutes. It is 54 minutes shorter than next lunation 230 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 34 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 35 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠356°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠356°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠11.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 13 July 2018 at 08:28 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 27 July 2018 at 05:44 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 398 851 km
Moon is 398 851 km (247 835 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 223 km (252 415 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 14 July 2018 at 02:50 in ♌ Leo, 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 27 July 2018 at 22:40 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 12 July 2018 at 12:01 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠20.761°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-20.755° in the next southern standstill on 25 July 2018 at 20:55 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 27 July 2018 at 20:20 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.