Waxing
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
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 6 August 2049 at 17:52.
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 ∠22° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2049 after 1 day on 13 August 2049 at 09:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 13 August 2049 at 09:19
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 20 August 2049 at 07:10
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 28 August 2049 at 11:18
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 5 September 2049 at 02:28
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 613 / 1566
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 613 of Meeus index or 1566 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 613 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 11 minutes. It is 25 minutes longer than next lunation 614 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 27 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 36 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠185.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠185.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠210.2°. 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 before perigee
13 days after point of apogee on 29 July 2049 at 04:27 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 12 August 2049 at 17:06 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 363 517 km
Moon is 363 517 km (225 879 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 750 km (222 296 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 8 August 2049 at 08:48 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 August 2049 at 22:31 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
3 days 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
2 days after previous South standstill on 9 August 2049 at 04:55 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.891°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.800° in the next northern standstill on 22 August 2049 at 00:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 13 August 2049 at 09:19 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.