Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 66% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 66% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 1 day on 5 September 2049 at 02:28.
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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1958"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1958" and ∠1904".
Harvest Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2049 after 5 days on 11 September 2049 at 17:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 September 2049 at 17:04
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 September 2049 at 23:03
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 27 September 2049 at 02:05
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 4 October 2049 at 09:39
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 614 / 1567
The Moon is 9 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 614 of Meeus index or 1567 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
Length of current 614 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 46 minutes. It is 36 minutes longer than next lunation 615 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 2 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 1 minute shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠210.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠210.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠241.4°. 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 before perigee
12 days after point of apogee on 25 August 2049 at 10:27 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 September 2049 at 00:14 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 366 088 km
Moon is 366 088 km (227 477 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 122 km (224 391 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 4 September 2049 at 10:20 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 17 September 2049 at 00:51 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
2 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
1 day after previous South standstill on 5 September 2049 at 12:21 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.652°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.544° in the next northern standstill on 18 September 2049 at 07:37 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 11 September 2049 at 17:04 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.