Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 80% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 80% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 3 days on 9 January 2041 at 10:06.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1840"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1840" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2041 after 4 days on 17 January 2041 at 07:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 17 January 2041 at 07:11
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 25 January 2041 at 10:33
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 1 February 2041 at 05:43
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 7 February 2041 at 23:40
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 507 / 1460
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 507 of Meeus index or 1460 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
Length of current 507 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 35 minutes. It is 39 minutes longer than next lunation 508 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 9 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠342.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠342.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠358.5°. 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 before apogee
8 days after point of perigee on 3 January 2041 at 19:39 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 18 January 2041 at 23:16 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 389 457 km
Moon is 389 457 km (241 997 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 419 km (252 537 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♉ Taurus at 00:01 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 26 January 2041 at 15:09 in ♏ Scorpio.
New draconic month
At 00:01 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 2 January 2041 at 11:44 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.763°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.766° in the next northern standstill on 15 January 2041 at 15:57 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 17 January 2041 at 07:11 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.