Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 93% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 93% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 4 days on 23 April 2037 at 03:11.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1964"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1964" and ∠1906".
Pink Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2037 after 2 days on 29 April 2037 at 18:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 29 April 2037 at 18:54
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 7 May 2037 at 04:56
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 15 May 2037 at 05:54
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 22 May 2037 at 09:08
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 461 / 1414
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 461 of Meeus index or 1414 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
Length of current 461 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 47 minutes. It is 2 hours and 31 minutes longer than next lunation 462 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 3 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠225.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠225.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠258.7°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 09:43, this is 15 days after last apogee on 11 April 2037 at 13:04 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 11 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 9 May 2037 at 06:32 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 363 607 km
This perigee Moon is 363 607 km (225 935 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 099 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 6 749 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 23 April 2037 at 03:14 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 5 May 2037 at 23:13 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 21 April 2037 at 11:52 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠21.064°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-21.163° in the next southern standstill on 4 May 2037 at 06:45 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 29 April 2037 at 18:54 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.