Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 74% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 74% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 14 February 2027 at 07:58.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♋ Cancer later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1966"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1942".
Snow Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2027 after 4 days on 20 February 2027 at 23:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 20 February 2027 at 23:23
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 February 2027 at 05:16
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 8 March 2027 at 09:29
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 15 March 2027 at 16:25
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 335 / 1288
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 335 of Meeus index or 1288 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 33 minutes. It is 3 hours and 11 minutes 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 4 hours and 49 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 14 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠210.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠210.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠242.4°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 3 February 2027 at 13:31 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 February 2027 at 07:30 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 364 529 km
The Moon is 364 529 km (226 508 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 015 km (224 324 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 6 February 2027 at 21:44 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 20 February 2027 at 04:40 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at northern standstill
At 07:59 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠27.710°. This is the year's northernmost lunar standstill of 2027. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-27.684° at the point of next standstill in ♐ Sagittarius on 1 March 2027 at 09:41.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 20 February 2027 at 23:23 in ♌ Leo 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.
