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
Length of current 619 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 7 minutes. It is 30 minutes longer than next lunation 620 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 38 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 32 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠350.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠350.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠5.4°. 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 before apogee
7 days after point of perigee on 23 January 2050 at 18:50 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 7 February 2050 at 06:32 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 386 954 km
Moon is 386 954 km (240 442 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 519 km (252 599 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♉ Taurus at 04:35 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet ascending node on 14 February 2050 at 20:12 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 20 January 2050 at 05:15 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.179°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.106° in the next northern standstill on 1 February 2050 at 22:34 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 6 February 2050 at 20:47 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.