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Waxing Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 6 days on 30 December 2022 at 01:21.
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 leaving the last ∠1° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♋ Cancer later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1782"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1782" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2023 after 1 day on 6 January 2023 at 23:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 6 January 2023 at 23:08
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 15 January 2023 at 02:10
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 21 January 2023 at 20:53
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 January 2023 at 15:19
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 284 / 1237
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 284 of Meeus index or 1237 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
Length of current 284 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 36 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2023. It is 23 minutes longer than next lunation 285 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 8 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 1 minute longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠344.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠344.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠360°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of perigee on 24 December 2022 at 08:32 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 8 January 2023 at 09:19 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 402 329 km
Moon is 402 329 km (249 996 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 459 km (252 562 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 1 January 2023 at 15:25 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 January 2023 at 06:32 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 23 December 2022 at 18:18 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.418°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.406° in the next northern standstill on 6 January 2023 at 03:08 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 6 January 2023 at 23:08 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.