Waxing
Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 76% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 76% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 July 2066 at 02:01.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2066 after 4 days on 5 August 2066 at 16:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 5 August 2066 at 16:59
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 12 August 2066 at 20:59
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 21 August 2066 at 00:50
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 August 2066 at 08:25
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 823 / 1776
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 823 of Meeus index or 1776 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 16 minutes. It is 1 hour and 18 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 32 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 31 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠207°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠207°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠236.4°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 19 July 2066 at 16:13 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 4 August 2066 at 03:18 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 364 498 km
The Moon is 364 498 km (226 489 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 710 km (224 135 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 20 July 2066 at 16:05 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 3 August 2066 at 08:34 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days since the previous standstill on 18 July 2066 at 23:31 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.725°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-24.680° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 August 2066 at 00:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 5 August 2066 at 16:59 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
