Waxing
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 87% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 87% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 20 August 2026 at 02:46.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1775"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1775" and ∠1898".
Sturgeon Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2026 after 3 days on 28 August 2026 at 04:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 August 2026 at 04:18
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 4 September 2026 at 07:51
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 11 September 2026 at 03:27
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 18 September 2026 at 20:44
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 329 / 1282
The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 329 of Meeus index or 1282 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 329 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 50 minutes. It is 2 hours and 33 minutes shorter than next lunation 330 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 54 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 15 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠36.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠36.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠61.3°. 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 after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 22 August 2026 at 08:20 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 September 2026 at 20:26 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 403 726 km
Moon is 403 726 km (250 864 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 13 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 255 km (228 823 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 13 August 2026 at 09:56 in ♌ Leo, 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 27 August 2026 at 18:47 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 22 August 2026 at 10:59 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.123°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.109° in the next northern standstill on 5 September 2026 at 06:12 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 28 August 2026 at 04:18 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.