Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 69% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 69% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 16 August 2029 at 18:55.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1937"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1937" and ∠1896".
Sturgeon Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2029 after 5 days on 24 August 2029 at 01:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 24 August 2029 at 01:51
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 1 September 2029 at 04:33
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 8 September 2029 at 10:44
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 September 2029 at 01:29
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 366 / 1319
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 366 of Meeus index or 1319 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 49 minutes. It is 19 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 3 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠309.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠309.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠331.3°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 13 August 2029 at 09:55 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 29 August 2029 at 04:45 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 370 008 km
The Moon is 370 008 km (229 912 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 066 km (251 696 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 6 August 2029 at 20:21 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 19 August 2029 at 15:32 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 13:12 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-24.253°. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠24.127° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 1 September 2029 at 23:36.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 24 August 2029 at 01:51 in ♓ Pisces 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.
