Waxing
Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 66% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 66% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 1 day on 12 August 2043 at 18:57.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1770"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2043 after 6 days on 20 August 2043 at 15:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 20 August 2043 at 15:04
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 August 2043 at 13:09
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 September 2043 at 13:17
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 September 2043 at 13:01
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 539 / 1492
The Moon is 9 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 539 of Meeus index or 1492 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 55 minutes. It is 3 hours shorter 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 1 hour and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠57.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠57.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠88.7°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 13 August 2043 at 08:32 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 26 August 2043 at 13:38 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 404 926 km
The Moon is 404 926 km (251 609 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 598 km (229 658 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 8 August 2043 at 16:43 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 August 2043 at 23:42 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 2 August 2043 at 03:11 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.531°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-28.600° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 August 2043 at 03:37 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 20 August 2043 at 15:04 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
