Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 78% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 78% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 2 days on 24 May 2053 at 18:04.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1863"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1863" and ∠1893".
Strawberry Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2053 after 4 days on 1 June 2053 at 11:02.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 1 June 2053 at 11:02
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 9 June 2053 at 14:19
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 16 June 2053 at 10:51
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 23 June 2053 at 02:55
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 660 / 1613
The Moon is 10 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 660 of Meeus index or 1613 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
Length of current 660 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 8 minutes. It is 33 minutes longer than next lunation 661 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 36 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 33 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠336.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠336.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠352.3°. 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
7 days after point of perigee on 19 May 2053 at 14:01 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 3 June 2053 at 22:38 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 384 820 km
Moon is 384 820 km (239 116 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 060 km (252 314 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 26 May 2053 at 04:22 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 9 June 2053 at 18:30 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 20 May 2053 at 10:17 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.416°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.483° in the next southern standstill on 3 June 2053 at 04:36 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 1 June 2053 at 11:02 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.