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Waxing Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 21 February 2048 at 19:22.
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 leaving the last ∠4° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♍ Virgo later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1857"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1857" and ∠1937".
Snow Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2048 after 1 day on 29 February 2048 at 14:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 29 February 2048 at 14:38
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 7 March 2048 at 10:45
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 14 March 2048 at 14:28
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 22 March 2048 at 16:03
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 595 / 1548
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 595 of Meeus index or 1548 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
Length of current 595 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 56 minutes. It is 56 minutes shorter than next lunation 596 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 12 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 51 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠64.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠64.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠100.4°. 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 before perigee
6 days after point of apogee on 21 February 2048 at 18:29 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 5 March 2048 at 02:21 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 385 948 km
Moon is 385 948 km (239 817 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 850 km (229 193 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after its descending node on 24 February 2048 at 12:13 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 8 March 2048 at 14:31 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
17 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 23 February 2048 at 04:06 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.357°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.235° in the next southern standstill on 7 March 2048 at 13:15 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 29 February 2048 at 14:38 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.