Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 66% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 66% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 1 day on 22 January 2029 at 19:23.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1801"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1801" and ∠1949".
Wolf Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2029 after 5 days on 30 January 2029 at 06:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 30 January 2029 at 06:03
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 5 February 2029 at 21:52
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 13 February 2029 at 10:31
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 21 February 2029 at 15:10
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 359 / 1312
The Moon is 9 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 359 of Meeus index or 1312 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
Length of current 359 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 7 minutes. It is 41 minutes shorter than next lunation 360 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 23 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 40 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠99.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠99.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠136.2°. 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
3 days after point of apogee on 20 January 2029 at 18:08 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 1 February 2029 at 12:21 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 397 970 km
Moon is 397 970 km (247 287 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 336 km (225 767 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 13 January 2029 at 21:21 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 28 January 2029 at 08:40 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 12 January 2029 at 00:15 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-25.199°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠25.172° in the next northern standstill on 26 January 2029 at 12:31 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 30 January 2029 at 06:03 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.