Waxing
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 72% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 72% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 2 days on 29 June 2039 at 11:17.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1955"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1955" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2039 after 4 days on 6 July 2039 at 02:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 6 July 2039 at 02:03
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 13 July 2039 at 03:38
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 21 July 2039 at 07:54
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 July 2039 at 17:50
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 488 / 1441
The Moon is 9 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 488 of Meeus index or 1441 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
Length of current 488 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 33 minutes. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes longer than next lunation 489 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 49 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 14 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠199.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠199.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠226.3°. 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 before perigee
11 days after point of apogee on 19 June 2039 at 15:56 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 July 2039 at 20:31 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 366 555 km
Moon is 366 555 km (227 767 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 517 km (223 394 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 21 June 2039 at 00:51 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 4 July 2039 at 14:57 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 22 June 2039 at 16:02 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.701°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.696° in the next southern standstill on 5 July 2039 at 22:01 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 6 July 2039 at 02:03 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.