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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 6 days on 6 January 2055 at 03:39.
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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1917"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1917" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2055 after 1 day on 13 January 2055 at 11:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 13 January 2055 at 11:21
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 January 2055 at 03:24
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 27 January 2055 at 17:39
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 4 February 2055 at 22:59
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 680 / 1633
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 680 of Meeus index or 1633 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
Length of current 680 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 47 minutes. It is 1 hour and 13 minutes shorter than next lunation 681 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 3 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠109.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠109.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠143.9°. 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 perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 3 January 2055 at 13:48 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 15 January 2055 at 09:13 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 374 004 km
Moon is 374 004 km (232 395 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 045 km (224 964 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 1 January 2055 at 10:10 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 15 January 2055 at 05:53 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 12:37 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠19.742°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-19.724° in its southern standstill point on 25 January 2055 at 10:36 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 13 January 2055 at 11:21 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.