Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 88% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 88% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 12 April 2019 at 19:06.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1912".
Pink Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2019 after 2 days on 19 April 2019 at 11:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 19 April 2019 at 11:12
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 26 April 2019 at 22:18
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 4 May 2019 at 22:45
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 12 May 2019 at 01:12
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 238 / 1191
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 238 of Meeus index or 1191 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 55 minutes. It is 2 hours and 39 minutes longer 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 1 hour and 11 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 52 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠228.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠228.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠263°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 22:02. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 1 April 2019 at 00:14 in ♒ Aquarius. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next apogee on 28 April 2019 at 18:20 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 364 209 km
This perigee Moon is 364 209 km (226 309 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 701 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 6 147 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 12 April 2019 at 18:08 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 25 April 2019 at 15:02 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 11 April 2019 at 23:59 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.016°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.125° at the point of next southern standstill on 24 April 2019 at 21:22 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 19 April 2019 at 11:12 in ♎ Libra 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.
