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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 6 days on 6 October 2046 at 20:41.
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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1924".
Hunter Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2046 after 1 day on 14 October 2046 at 23:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 14 October 2046 at 23:41
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 22 October 2046 at 20:07
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 29 October 2046 at 11:17
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 5 November 2046 at 12:28
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 578 / 1531
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 578 of Meeus index or 1531 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 52 minutes. It is 1 hour and 41 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 53 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 17 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠1.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠1.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠16.7°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 11:22. It is 13 days after previous perigee on 30 September 2046 at 00:48 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next perigee on 28 October 2046 at 11:41 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 406 316 km
This apogee Moon is 406 316 km (252 473 mi) away from Earth. It is 908 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 393 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 8 October 2046 at 06:47 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 22 October 2046 at 20:31 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
5 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
8 days since the previous standstill on 5 October 2046 at 04:08 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.388°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.246° at the point of next northern standstill on 19 October 2046 at 20:53 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 14 October 2046 at 23:41 in ♈ Aries 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.
