Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 94% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 94% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 6 April 2052 at 09:28.
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 in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1814"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1814" and ∠1914".
Pink Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2052 after 2 days on 14 April 2052 at 02:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 14 April 2052 at 02:29
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 22 April 2052 at 06:03
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 29 April 2052 at 03:20
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 5 May 2052 at 19:05
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 646 / 1599
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 646 of Meeus index or 1599 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 646 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 54 minutes. It is 1 hour and 25 minutes longer than next lunation 647 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 50 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 19 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠335.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠335.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠352.1°. 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 apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 1 April 2052 at 05:25 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 16 April 2052 at 17:03 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 395 081 km
Moon is 395 081 km (245 492 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 5 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 976 km (252 262 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 31 March 2052 at 00:11 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 13 April 2052 at 05:26 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 4 April 2052 at 21:04 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.325°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.346° in the next southern standstill on 19 April 2052 at 06:22 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 14 April 2052 at 02:29 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.