Waxing
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 73% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 73% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 22 December 2058 at 08:27.
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 is entering ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1910"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1910" and ∠1951".
Cold Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2058 after 5 days on 29 December 2058 at 20:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 29 December 2058 at 20:25
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 7 January 2059 at 01:06
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 14 January 2059 at 03:57
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 20 January 2059 at 18:51
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 729 / 1682
The Moon is 9 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 729 of Meeus index or 1682 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 45 minutes. It is 1 hour and 15 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 59 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 10 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠321.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠321.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠341.1°.
Moon before apogee
18 days after point of apogee on 6 December 2058 at 07:43 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 3 January 2059 at 02:24 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 375 210 km
The Moon is 375 210 km (233 145 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 679 km (252 077 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 14 December 2058 at 09:40 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 27 December 2058 at 05:49 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 16 December 2058 at 18:17 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-25.991°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠25.970° at the point of next northern standstill on 29 December 2058 at 22:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 29 December 2058 at 20:25 in ♋ Cancer the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
