Waxing
Gibbous ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 95% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 95% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 4 days on 22 September 2023 at 19:32.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1915".
Harvest Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2023 after 1 day on 29 September 2023 at 09:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 29 September 2023 at 09:57
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 6 October 2023 at 13:48
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 14 October 2023 at 17:55
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 22 October 2023 at 03:29
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 293 / 1246
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 293 of Meeus index or 1246 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
Length of current 293 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 15 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2023. It is 43 minutes longer than next lunation 294 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 31 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 32 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠202.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠202.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠232.5°. 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 perigee
14 days after point of apogee on 12 September 2023 at 15:42 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 28 September 2023 at 01:05 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 363 517 km
Moon is 363 517 km (225 879 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 911 km (223 638 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 17 September 2023 at 19:18 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 30 September 2023 at 16:49 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 23 September 2023 at 03:42 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.254°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.294° in the next northern standstill on 5 October 2023 at 20:31 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 29 September 2023 at 09:57 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.