Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
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 ♑ Capricorn.
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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 30 July 2036 at 02:56.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1779"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1779" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2036 after 2 days on 7 August 2036 at 02:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 7 August 2036 at 02:49
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 15 August 2036 at 01:36
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 21 August 2036 at 17:35
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 28 August 2036 at 14:43
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 452 / 1405
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 452 of Meeus index or 1405 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 18 minutes. It is 58 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 26 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 43 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠354.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠354.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠9.3°.
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of perigee on 23 July 2036 at 18:38 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 6 August 2036 at 19:59 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 402 905 km
The Moon is 402 905 km (250 354 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 243 km (252 428 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 24 July 2036 at 11:36 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 7 August 2036 at 06:48 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 03:31 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-19.865°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠19.867° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 18 August 2036 at 10:50.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 7 August 2036 at 02:49 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
