Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 72% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 72% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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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 23 May 2045 at 12:38.
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 is entering ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1937"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1937" and ∠1894".
Flower Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2045 after 5 days on 30 May 2045 at 17:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 30 May 2045 at 17:52
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 7 June 2045 at 20:23
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 15 June 2045 at 03:05
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 June 2045 at 18:28
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 561 / 1514
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 561 of Meeus index or 1514 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
Length of current 561 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 38 minutes. It is 1 hour and 14 minutes longer than next lunation 562 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 3 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠305.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠305.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠328°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 20 May 2045 at 10:22 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 5 June 2045 at 03:25 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 370 121 km
Moon is 370 121 km (229 983 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 694 km (251 465 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 23 May 2045 at 02:17 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 5 June 2045 at 23:31 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 18 May 2045 at 18:47 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.745°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.697° in the next southern standstill on 31 May 2045 at 22:23 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 30 May 2045 at 17:52 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.