Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 78% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 78% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1917"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1917" and ∠1896".
Sturgeon Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2029 after 4 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 10 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
Length of current 366 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 49 minutes. It is 19 minutes longer than next lunation 367 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 14 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠309.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠309.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠331.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 13 August 2029 at 09:55 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 29 August 2029 at 04:45 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 373 936 km
Moon is 373 936 km (232 353 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 066 km (251 696 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 15:32 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 3 September 2029 at 01:43 in ♋ Cancer.
New draconic month
At 15:32 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 18 August 2029 at 13:12 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.253°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.127° in the next northern standstill on 1 September 2029 at 23:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 24 August 2029 at 01:51 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.