Waxing
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 89% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 89% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 4 days on 8 September 2054 at 21:46.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1772"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1772" and ∠1907".
Harvest Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2054 after 3 days on 17 September 2054 at 01:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 17 September 2054 at 01:41
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 September 2054 at 18:26
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 1 October 2054 at 09:49
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 8 October 2054 at 13:19
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 676 / 1629
The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 676 of Meeus index or 1629 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
Length of current 676 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 31 minutes. It is 1 hour and 41 minutes shorter than next lunation 677 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 13 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 56 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠7.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠7.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠23.7°. 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
11 days after point of perigee on 1 September 2054 at 14:49 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 14 September 2054 at 13:46 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 404 598 km
Moon is 404 598 km (251 406 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 922 km (252 228 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 1 September 2054 at 07:18 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 14 September 2054 at 21:07 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 10 September 2054 at 15:24 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.139°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.216° in the next northern standstill on 25 September 2054 at 05:02 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 17 September 2054 at 01:41 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.