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 ♋ Cancer.
Moon phases for next 7 days
Thursday Thu
Friday Fri
Saturday Sat
Sunday Sun
Monday Mon
Tuesday Tue
Wednesday Wed
Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 2 days on 6 March 2044 at 21:17.
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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1957"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1957" and ∠1932".
Worm Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2044 after 4 days on 13 March 2044 at 19:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 13 March 2044 at 19:41
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 21 March 2044 at 16:52
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 29 March 2044 at 09:26
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 5 April 2044 at 03:45
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 546 / 1499
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 546 of Meeus index or 1499 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.55 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 14 minutes. It is 2 hours and 58 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 30 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 33 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠272.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠272.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠304.8°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 7 March 2044 at 20:36 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 March 2044 at 01:56 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 366 330 km
The Moon is 366 330 km (227 627 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 337 km (251 243 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 29 February 2044 at 14:57 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 13 March 2044 at 13:10 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
8 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 after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 7 March 2044 at 16:53 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.650°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.641° at the point of next southern standstill on 21 March 2044 at 10:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 13 March 2044 at 19:41 in ♍ Virgo 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.
