Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 82% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 82% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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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 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 is entering ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1795"
Lunar disc appears visually 8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1795" and ∠1944".
Snow Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2041 after 4 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
Length of current 508 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 56 minutes. It is 6 minutes longer than next lunation 509 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠358.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠358.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠14°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 1 February 2041 at 07:46 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 14 February 2041 at 23:03 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 399 367 km
Moon is 399 367 km (248 155 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 498 km (252 586 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 8 February 2041 at 00:39 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 22 February 2041 at 16:13 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 21:04 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠26.907°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-27.040° in its southern standstill point on 26 February 2041 at 07:28 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 16 February 2041 at 02:21 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.