Waxing
Gibbous ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 84% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 84% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 3 days on 18 October 2026 at 16:13.
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 ∠12° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1834"
Lunar disc appears visually 5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1834" and ∠1928".
Hunter Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2026 after 3 days on 26 October 2026 at 04:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 26 October 2026 at 04:12
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 1 November 2026 at 20:28
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 9 November 2026 at 07:02
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 17 November 2026 at 11:48
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 331 / 1284
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 331 of Meeus index or 1284 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 12 minutes. It is 2 hours and 38 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 28 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 35 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠94.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠94.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠129.9°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 16 October 2026 at 22:56 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 October 2026 at 18:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 390 838 km
The Moon is 390 838 km (242 855 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 411 km (226 434 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 21 October 2026 at 08:53 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 3 November 2026 at 03:02 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 16 October 2026 at 02:45 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.892°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.795° at the point of next northern standstill on 29 October 2026 at 17:40 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 26 October 2026 at 04:12 in ♉ Taurus 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.
