Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
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 ♊ Gemini.
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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 29 January 2050 at 20:48.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1852"
Lunar disc appears visually 5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1852" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2050 after 6 days on 6 February 2050 at 20:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 6 February 2050 at 20:47
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 14 February 2050 at 22:10
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 21 February 2050 at 15:03
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 28 February 2050 at 11:29
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 619 / 1572
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 619 of Meeus index or 1572 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 7 minutes. It is 30 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 38 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 32 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠350.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠350.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠5.4°.
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 23 January 2050 at 18:50 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 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 7 February 2050 at 06:32 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 386 954 km
The Moon is 386 954 km (240 442 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 519 km (252 599 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♉ Taurus at 04:35 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 14 days later on 14 February 2050 at 20:12 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 20 January 2050 at 05:15 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.179°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠21.106° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 February 2050 at 22:34 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 6 February 2050 at 20:47 in ♌ Leo 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.
