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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 ♋ Cancer.
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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 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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1950".
Wolf Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2049 after 1 day 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 13 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 00:48, this is 13 days after last perigee on 3 January 2049 at 21:03 in ♑ Capricorn. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 14 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 1 February 2049 at 08:51 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 406 228 km
This apogee Moon is 406 228 km (252 418 mi) away from Earth. It is 820 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 481 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 15 January 2049 at 14:48 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 29 January 2049 at 17:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 15 January 2049 at 14:32 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠22.889°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-22.806° in the next southern standstill on 29 January 2049 at 19:42 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day 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.