Waxing
Gibbous ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 94% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 94% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 18 March 2032 at 20:56.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1775"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1775" and ∠1924".
Worm Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2032 after 2 days on 27 March 2032 at 00:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 27 March 2032 at 00:46
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 April 2032 at 10:10
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 10 April 2032 at 02:39
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 17 April 2032 at 15:24
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 398 / 1351
The Moon is 12 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 398 of Meeus index or 1351 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 398 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 15 minutes. It is 41 minutes shorter than next lunation 399 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 29 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 40 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠23.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠23.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠44.4°. 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
2 days after point of apogee on 22 March 2032 at 08:27 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 7 April 2032 at 06:55 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 403 924 km
Moon is 403 924 km (250 987 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 13 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 117 km (226 873 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 15 March 2032 at 02:16 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 29 March 2032 at 15:09 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
21 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 18 March 2032 at 04:54 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.775°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.688° in the next southern standstill on 1 April 2032 at 17:12 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 27 March 2032 at 00:46 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.