Waxing
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
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 ♑ Capricorn.
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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 2 September 2033 at 02:24.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1891"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1891" and ∠1904".
Harvest Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2033 after 3 days on 9 September 2033 at 02:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 9 September 2033 at 02:20
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 15 September 2033 at 17:34
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 23 September 2033 at 13:40
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 1 October 2033 at 16:33
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 416 / 1369
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 416 of Meeus index or 1369 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 416 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 49 minutes shorter than next lunation 417 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 47 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠140.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠140.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠166.6°. 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 before perigee
7 days after point of apogee on 28 August 2033 at 15:27 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 September 2033 at 01:49 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 379 031 km
Moon is 379 031 km (235 519 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 590 km (222 817 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 28 August 2033 at 07:12 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 10 September 2033 at 19:07 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 3 September 2033 at 09:54 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.364°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.313° in the next northern standstill on 15 September 2033 at 23:39 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 9 September 2033 at 02:20 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.