Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 94% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 94% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 4 days on 27 December 2044 at 14:00.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1949"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1949" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2045 after 1 day on 3 January 2045 at 10:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 3 January 2045 at 10:20
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 10 January 2045 at 03:32
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 18 January 2045 at 04:25
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 26 January 2045 at 05:09
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 556 / 1509
The Moon is 12 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 556 of Meeus index or 1509 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 32 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2045. It is 6 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 6 hours and 48 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 15 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠156.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠156.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠182.1°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 21 December 2044 at 20:29 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 3 January 2045 at 19:25 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 367 701 km
The Moon is 367 701 km (228 479 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 773 km (221 688 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 24 December 2044 at 21:19 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 6 January 2045 at 16:49 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
13 days since the previous standstill on 19 December 2044 at 04:38 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.031°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠28.069° at the point of next northern standstill on 2 January 2045 at 06:32 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 3 January 2045 at 10:20 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.
