Waxing
Gibbous ♌ Leo
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 ♌ Leo.
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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 28 March 2042 at 12:00.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1800"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1800" and ∠1920".
Pink Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2042 after 5 days on 5 April 2042 at 14:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 5 April 2042 at 14:16
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 April 2042 at 11:09
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 20 April 2042 at 02:19
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 27 April 2042 at 02:19
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 522 / 1475
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 522 of Meeus index or 1475 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 56 minutes. It is 20 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 3 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠359.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠359.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠15.5°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 21 March 2042 at 17:40 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 4 April 2042 at 05:51 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 398 253 km
The Moon is 398 253 km (247 463 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 302 km (252 464 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 23 March 2042 at 10:11 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 6 April 2042 at 12:20 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 28 March 2042 at 05:49 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.188°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.222° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 April 2042 at 00:33 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 5 April 2042 at 14:16 in ♎ Libra 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.
