Waxing
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 83% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 83% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 19 June 2029 at 09:54.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1888".
Strawberry Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2029 after 3 days on 26 June 2029 at 03:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 26 June 2029 at 03:22
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 3 July 2029 at 17:58
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 11 July 2029 at 15:51
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 18 July 2029 at 14:14
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 364 / 1317
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 364 of Meeus index or 1317 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 56 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 44 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 26 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠244.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠244.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠279.1°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 15:35. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 6 June 2029 at 22:09 in ♈ Aries. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next apogee on 4 July 2029 at 16:05 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 366 596 km
This perigee Moon is 366 596 km (227 792 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 088 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 3 760 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 13 June 2029 at 04:49 in ♋ Cancer. 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 26 June 2029 at 03:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
23 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 11 June 2029 at 22:05 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.392°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.401° at the point of next southern standstill on 24 June 2029 at 23:29 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 26 June 2029 at 03:22 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
