Waxing
Gibbous ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 88% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 88% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 18 September 2045 at 01:30.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1912".
Harvest Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2045 after 3 days on 26 September 2045 at 06:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 26 September 2045 at 06:11
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 3 October 2045 at 18:31
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 10 October 2045 at 10:37
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 17 October 2045 at 18:55
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 565 / 1518
The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 565 of Meeus index or 1518 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
Length of current 565 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes shorter than next lunation 566 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 35 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 34 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠16.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠16.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠34.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 12:20, this is 12 days after last perigee on 10 September 2045 at 02:20 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 8 October 2045 at 08:16 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 405 498 km
This apogee Moon is 405 498 km (251 965 mi) away from Earth. It is 90 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 211 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♒ Aquarius at 19:34 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 6 October 2045 at 15:11 in ♌ Leo.
New draconic month
At 19:34 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 17 September 2045 at 22:27 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.716°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.609° in the next northern standstill on 2 October 2045 at 12:33 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 26 September 2045 at 06:11 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.