Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 95% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 95% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 July 2048 at 18:31.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1969"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1889".
Buck Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2048 after 1 day on 25 July 2048 at 09:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 25 July 2048 at 09:34
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 1 August 2048 at 14:30
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 9 August 2048 at 17:59
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 17 August 2048 at 00:32
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 600 / 1553
The Moon is 12 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 600 of Meeus index or 1553 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
Length of current 600 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 55 minutes. It is 1 hour and 29 minutes longer than next lunation 601 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 11 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 52 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠210.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠210.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠240.4°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 16:18, this is 15 days after last apogee on 8 July 2048 at 03:10 in ♊ Gemini. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 4 August 2048 at 17:05 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 361 240 km
This perigee Moon is 361 240 km (224 464 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 268 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 9 116 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 22 July 2048 at 23:38 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 5 August 2048 at 13:07 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 22 July 2048 at 09:07 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.710°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.656° in the next northern standstill on 4 August 2048 at 20:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 25 July 2048 at 09:34 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.