Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 77% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 77% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 2 days on 6 January 2025 at 23:56.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1958"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1958" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2025 after 4 days on 13 January 2025 at 22:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 13 January 2025 at 22:27
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 21 January 2025 at 20:31
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 29 January 2025 at 12:36
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 5 February 2025 at 08:02
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 309 / 1262
The Moon is 10 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 309 of Meeus index or 1262 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours 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 25 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 38 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠272.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠272.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠305.9°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 7 January 2025 at 23:34 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 January 2025 at 04:55 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 366 054 km
The Moon is 366 054 km (227 455 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 299 km (251 220 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 5 January 2025 at 19:46 in ♓ Pisces. 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 19 January 2025 at 01:48 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 30 December 2024 at 05:06 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.428°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.464° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 January 2025 at 04:30 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 13 January 2025 at 22:27 in ♋ Cancer 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.
