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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 ♈ Aries.
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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 14 October 2059 at 11:38.
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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1927".
Hunter Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2059 after 1 day on 21 October 2059 at 02:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 21 October 2059 at 02:15
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 28 October 2059 at 04:31
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 5 November 2059 at 09:11
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 12 November 2059 at 20:45
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 739 / 1692
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 739 of Meeus index or 1692 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.72 days
Length of current 739 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 22 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2059. It is 44 minutes longer than next lunation 740 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 38 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 25 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠197.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠197.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠225.8°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 23:09, this is 15 days after last apogee on 4 October 2059 at 18:25 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 1 November 2059 at 04:40 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 359 009 km
This perigee Moon is 359 009 km (223 078 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 499 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 11 347 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 9 October 2059 at 12:05 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 22 October 2059 at 10:13 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 13 October 2059 at 11:22 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.180°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.221° in the next northern standstill on 26 October 2059 at 00:58 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 21 October 2059 at 02:15 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.