Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 78% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 78% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 26 August 2039 at 23:16.
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 ∠9° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1965"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1900".
Harvest Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2039 after 4 days on 2 September 2039 at 19:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 September 2039 at 19:23
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 10 September 2039 at 13:45
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 18 September 2039 at 08:23
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 25 September 2039 at 04:53
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 490 / 1443
The Moon is 10 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 490 of Meeus index or 1443 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
Length of current 490 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 32 minutes. It is 46 minutes longer than next lunation 491 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 12 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 57 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠260.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠260.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠294.5°. 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 03:16, this is 15 days after last apogee on 13 August 2039 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 10 September 2039 at 14:24 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 368 737 km
This perigee Moon is 368 737 km (229 123 mi) away from Earth. It is 6 229 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 1 619 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 28 August 2039 at 01:19 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 10 September 2039 at 13:18 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 14:11 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-24.880°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠24.993° in its northern standstill point on 12 September 2039 at 12:07 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 2 September 2039 at 19:23 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.