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Moon* ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 3 February 2028 at 19:10.
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 is entering ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1965"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1945".
Snow Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2028 after 1 day on 10 February 2028 at 15:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 10 February 2028 at 15:04
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 17 February 2028 at 08:08
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 25 February 2028 at 10:37
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 4 March 2028 at 09:02
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 347 / 1300
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 347 of Meeus index or 1300 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 25 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2028. It is 1 hour and 31 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 6 hours and 41 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 22 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠161.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠161.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠186.5°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 28 January 2028 at 15:31 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 10 February 2028 at 19:53 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 364 740 km
The Moon is 364 740 km (226 639 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 678 km (221 629 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 08:56 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 22 February 2028 at 13:11 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
14 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 northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 6 February 2028 at 12:59 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.601°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.565° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 February 2028 at 03:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 10 February 2028 at 15:04 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.
