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 ♌ Leo.
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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 3 March 2039 at 02:15.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1856"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1856" and ∠1933".
Worm Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2039 after 2 days on 10 March 2039 at 16:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 10 March 2039 at 16:35
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 17 March 2039 at 10:08
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 24 March 2039 at 17:59
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 1 April 2039 at 21:55
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 484 / 1437
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 484 of Meeus index or 1437 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 42 minutes. It is 53 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 58 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 5 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠83.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠83.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠120.7°.
Moon before apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 1 March 2039 at 22:42 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 13 March 2039 at 18:38 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 386 109 km
The Moon is 386 109 km (239 917 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 000 km (227 422 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 4 March 2039 at 09:49 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 17 March 2039 at 10:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 5 March 2039 at 12:11 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.115°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.232° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 March 2039 at 11:25 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 10 March 2039 at 16:35 in ♍ Virgo 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.
