Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 95% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 95% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 28 July 2039 at 17:50.
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 ∠1959"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1959" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2039 after 1 day on 4 August 2039 at 09:56.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 4 August 2039 at 09:56
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 11 August 2039 at 19:36
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 19 August 2039 at 20:50
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 26 August 2039 at 23:16
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 489 / 1442
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 489 of Meeus index or 1442 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
Length of current 489 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 56 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 minutes longer than next lunation 490 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 12 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 51 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠226.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠226.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠260.1°. 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 after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 1 August 2039 at 22:38 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 13 August 2039 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 365 939 km
Moon is 365 939 km (227 384 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 503 km (251 347 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 31 July 2039 at 22:26 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 14 August 2039 at 10:57 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 07:15 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-24.732°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠24.786° in its northern standstill point on 16 August 2039 at 04:38 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 4 August 2039 at 09:56 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.