Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 74% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 74% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 2 days on 10 January 2049 at 21:56.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1798"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1798" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2049 after 5 days on 19 January 2049 at 02:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 19 January 2049 at 02:29
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 26 January 2049 at 21:33
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 2 February 2049 at 13:16
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 9 February 2049 at 15:38
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 606 / 1559
The Moon is 10 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 606 of Meeus index or 1559 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 606 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 51 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2049. It is 5 minutes shorter than next lunation 607 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 53 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 16 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠3.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠3.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠20°. 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 apogee
9 days after point of perigee on 3 January 2049 at 21:03 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 17 January 2049 at 00:48 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 398 704 km
Moon is 398 704 km (247 743 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 228 km (252 418 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 2 January 2049 at 09:51 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 15 January 2049 at 14:48 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
11 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 2 January 2049 at 09:17 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-22.914°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠22.889° in the next northern standstill on 15 January 2049 at 14:32 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 19 January 2049 at 02:29 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.