Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 68% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 68% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 1 day on 28 January 2023 at 15:19.
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 is entering ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1820"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1820" and ∠1948".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2023 after 6 days on 5 February 2023 at 18:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 5 February 2023 at 18:29
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 13 February 2023 at 16:01
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 20 February 2023 at 07:06
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 27 February 2023 at 08:06
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 285 / 1238
The Moon is 9 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 285 of Meeus index or 1238 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 285 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 13 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2023. It is 4 minutes shorter than next lunation 286 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 31 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 38 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠360°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠360°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠15.6°. 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
8 days after point of perigee on 21 January 2023 at 20:58 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 4 February 2023 at 08:55 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 393 928 km
Moon is 393 928 km (244 776 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 476 km (252 572 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 28 January 2023 at 16:05 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 February 2023 at 07:31 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
1 day 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
10 days after previous South standstill on 20 January 2023 at 05:06 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.461°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.511° in the next northern standstill on 2 February 2023 at 08:18 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 5 February 2023 at 18:29 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.