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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 4 October 2049 at 09:39.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1940"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1940" and ∠1922".
Hunter Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2049 after 1 day on 11 October 2049 at 02:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 11 October 2049 at 02:53
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 18 October 2049 at 17:55
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 October 2049 at 16:15
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 2 November 2049 at 16:19
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 615 / 1568
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 615 of Meeus index or 1568 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 10 minutes. It is 49 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 26 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 37 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠241.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠241.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠278.3°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 7 October 2049 at 21:10 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 19 October 2049 at 18:32 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 369 413 km
The Moon is 369 413 km (229 543 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 430 km (251 301 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 1 October 2049 at 11:18 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 14 October 2049 at 06:20 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 2 October 2049 at 17:46 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.422°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠21.344° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 October 2049 at 15:55 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 11 October 2049 at 02:53 in ♈ Aries the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
