Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 65% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 65% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 8 January 2044 at 04:02.
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 passing about ∠6° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1951"
Lunar disc appears visually 0% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1951" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2044 after 5 days on 14 January 2044 at 18:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 January 2044 at 18:51
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 21 January 2044 at 23:47
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 30 January 2044 at 04:04
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 6 February 2044 at 13:46
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 544 / 1497
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 544 of Meeus index or 1497 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 8 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 32 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 31 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠204.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠204.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠235.6°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 28 December 2043 at 19:33 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 13 January 2044 at 09:08 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 367 325 km
The Moon is 367 325 km (228 245 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 906 km (223 635 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 6 January 2044 at 06:50 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 18 January 2044 at 19:49 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 30 December 2043 at 12:51 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.400°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.453° at the point of next northern standstill on 13 January 2044 at 02:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 14 January 2044 at 18:51 in ♋ Cancer 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.
