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Waxing Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 22 May 2056 at 11:50.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1893".
Flower Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2056 after 1 day on 29 May 2056 at 01:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 29 May 2056 at 01:58
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 5 June 2056 at 03:21
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 13 June 2056 at 07:04
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 20 June 2056 at 18:48
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 697 / 1650
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 697 of Meeus index or 1650 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
Length of current 697 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 58 minutes. It is 1 hour and 42 minutes longer than next lunation 698 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 14 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 49 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠196°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠196°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠222.4°. 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 perigee
14 days after point of apogee on 12 May 2056 at 22:15 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 28 May 2056 at 00:00 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 363 407 km
Moon is 363 407 km (225 811 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 868 km (222 990 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 19 May 2056 at 11:10 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 1 June 2056 at 02:08 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 18 May 2056 at 13:40 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠21.920°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-21.964° in the next southern standstill on 31 May 2056 at 08:32 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 29 May 2056 at 01:58 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.