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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 50 minutes. It is 2 hours and 33 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 54 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 15 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠36.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠36.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠61.3°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 22 August 2026 at 08:20 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 6 September 2026 at 20:26 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 403 726 km
The Moon is 403 726 km (250 864 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 255 km (228 823 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 13 August 2026 at 09:56 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 27 August 2026 at 18:47 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 22 August 2026 at 10:59 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.123°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.109° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 September 2026 at 06:12 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 28 August 2026 at 04:18 in ♓ Pisces 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.
