Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 66% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 66% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 1 day on 15 September 2059 at 00:44.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1905"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1905" and ∠1909".
Harvest Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2059 after 5 days on 21 September 2059 at 17:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 September 2059 at 17:18
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 28 September 2059 at 12:54
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 6 October 2059 at 15:50
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 14 October 2059 at 11:38
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 738 / 1691
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 738 of Meeus index or 1691 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
Length of current 738 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 49 minutes. It is 33 minutes shorter than next lunation 739 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 5 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 58 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠173.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠173.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠197.3°. 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
8 days after point of apogee on 7 September 2059 at 16:10 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 September 2059 at 12:34 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 376 171 km
Moon is 376 171 km (233 742 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 861 km (221 743 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 12 September 2059 at 09:18 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 25 September 2059 at 01:07 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 04:41 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-27.003°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠27.089° in its northern standstill point on 28 September 2059 at 16:57 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 21 September 2059 at 17:18 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.