Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 74% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 74% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 7 February 2041 at 23:40.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1811"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1811" and ∠1944".
Snow Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2041 after 5 days on 16 February 2041 at 02:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 16 February 2041 at 02:21
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 24 February 2041 at 00:29
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 March 2041 at 15:39
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 9 March 2041 at 15:51
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 508 / 1461
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 508 of Meeus index or 1461 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 56 minutes. It is 6 minutes longer 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠358.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠358.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠14°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 1 February 2041 at 07:46 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 14 February 2041 at 23:03 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 395 773 km
The Moon is 395 773 km (245 922 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 498 km (252 586 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 8 February 2041 at 00:39 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 22 February 2041 at 16:13 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 29 January 2041 at 22:24 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.843°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠26.907° at the point of next northern standstill on 11 February 2041 at 21:04 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 16 February 2041 at 02:21 in ♌ Leo 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.
