Waxing
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 92% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 92% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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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 7 May 2060 at 09:19.
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 ∠19° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1899".
Flower Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2060 after 3 days on 15 May 2060 at 13:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 15 May 2060 at 13:39
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 23 May 2060 at 03:01
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 29 May 2060 at 18:23
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 6 June 2060 at 00:44
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 746 / 1699
The Moon is 12 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 746 of Meeus index or 1699 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.34 days
Length of current 746 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 13 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2060. It is 22 minutes shorter than next lunation 747 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 31 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 38 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠13.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠13.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠31.3°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 04:06, this is 12 days after last perigee on 29 April 2060 at 14:53 in ♈ Aries. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 27 May 2060 at 20:38 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 405 764 km
This apogee Moon is 405 764 km (252 130 mi) away from Earth. It is 356 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 945 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 30 April 2060 at 05:58 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 14 May 2060 at 03:03 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 4 May 2060 at 05:51 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.728°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.700° in the next southern standstill on 18 May 2060 at 20:56 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 15 May 2060 at 13:39 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.