Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
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 ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 3 days on 31 January 2058 at 10:28.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1779"
Lunar disc appears visually 9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1779" and ∠1946".
Snow Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2058 after 5 days on 8 February 2058 at 15:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 8 February 2058 at 15:54
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 February 2058 at 07:16
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 February 2058 at 22:56
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 2 March 2058 at 05:10
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 718 / 1671
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 718 of Meeus index or 1671 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 718 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 42 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2058. It is 11 minutes shorter than next lunation 719 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 2 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 7 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠10.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠10.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠28.2°. 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
10 days after point of perigee on 23 January 2058 at 21:00 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 5 February 2058 at 12:03 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 402 804 km
Moon is 402 804 km (250 291 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 978 km (252 263 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♊ Gemini at 20:37 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 18 February 2058 at 00:21 in ♐ Sagittarius.
New draconic month
At 20:37 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 22 January 2058 at 23:21 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.534°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.565° in the next northern standstill on 5 February 2058 at 09:27 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 8 February 2058 at 15:54 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.