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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 97% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 97% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 14 February 2046 at 03:20.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1959"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1959" and ∠1941".
Snow Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2046 after 1 day on 20 February 2046 at 23:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 20 February 2046 at 23:44
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 27 February 2046 at 16:23
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 7 March 2046 at 18:15
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 15 March 2046 at 17:13
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 570 / 1523
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 570 of Meeus index or 1523 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.8 days
Length of current 570 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 6 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2046. It is 1 hour and 30 minutes longer than next lunation 571 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 22 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 41 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠159.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠159.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠184.1°. 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 before perigee
11 days after point of apogee on 8 February 2046 at 05:11 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 February 2046 at 06:43 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 365 903 km
Moon is 365 903 km (227 362 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 803 km (221 707 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 17:48 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 4 March 2046 at 21:25 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 16 February 2046 at 04:45 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.295°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.260° in the next southern standstill on 28 February 2046 at 17:20 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 20 February 2046 at 23:44 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.