Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
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 ♊ Gemini.
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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 3 January 2020 at 04:45.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1854"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1854" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2020 after 2 days on 10 January 2020 at 19:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 10 January 2020 at 19:21
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 17 January 2020 at 12:58
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 24 January 2020 at 21:42
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 2 February 2020 at 01:42
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 247 / 1200
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 247 of Meeus index or 1200 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.69 days
Length of current 247 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 29 minutes. It is 1 hour and 21 minutes shorter than next lunation 248 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 45 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 18 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠82.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠82.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠120.5°. 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 perigee
6 days after point of apogee on 2 January 2020 at 01:30 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 13 January 2020 at 20:20 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 386 642 km
Moon is 386 642 km (240 248 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 964 km (227 399 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after its descending node on 26 December 2019 at 13:01 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 9 January 2020 at 23:29 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 26 December 2019 at 20:11 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.227°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.223° in the next northern standstill on 10 January 2020 at 06:03 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 10 January 2020 at 19:21 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.