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 30 May 2058 at 13:33.
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 ∠16° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1846"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1846" and ∠1892".
Strawberry Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2058 after 4 days on 6 June 2058 at 19:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 June 2058 at 19:15
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 13 June 2058 at 09:50
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 21 June 2058 at 00:35
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 29 June 2058 at 04:13
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 722 / 1675
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 722 of Meeus index or 1675 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
Length of current 722 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 12 minutes. It is 53 minutes shorter than next lunation 723 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 28 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 35 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠118.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠118.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠148.7°. 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 after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 27 May 2058 at 13:11 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 June 2058 at 13:26 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 388 342 km
Moon is 388 342 km (241 305 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 344 km (224 529 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 23 May 2058 at 12:18 in ♊ Gemini, 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 6 June 2058 at 17:09 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 25 May 2058 at 15:27 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.300°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.296° in the next southern standstill on 8 June 2058 at 10:49 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 6 June 2058 at 19:15 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.