Waxing
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 64% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 64% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 31 January 2077 at 03:35.
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 ∠1889"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1889" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2077 after 6 days on 7 February 2077 at 23:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 7 February 2077 at 23:08
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 February 2077 at 02:58
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 February 2077 at 23:07
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 1 March 2077 at 16:11
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 953 / 1906
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 953 of Meeus index or 1906 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 21 minutes. It is 1 hour and 3 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 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 46 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠339.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠339.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠355.5°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 25 January 2077 at 18:01 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 10 February 2077 at 02:41 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 379 507 km
The Moon is 379 507 km (235 815 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 305 km (252 466 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 21 January 2077 at 03:21 in ♐ Sagittarius. 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 2 February 2077 at 17:16 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 22 January 2077 at 20:40 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-25.115°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠25.148° at the point of next northern standstill on 4 February 2077 at 17:05 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 7 February 2077 at 23:08 in ♌ Leo 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.
