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
Length of current 953 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 21 minutes. It is 1 hour and 3 minutes longer than next lunation 954 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 46 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠339.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠339.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠355.5°. 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 after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 25 January 2077 at 18:01 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 10 February 2077 at 02:41 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 379 507 km
Moon is 379 507 km (235 815 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 305 km (252 466 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 21 January 2077 at 03:21 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 2 February 2077 at 17:16 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 22 January 2077 at 20:40 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-25.115°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠25.148° in the next northern standstill on 4 February 2077 at 17:05 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 7 February 2077 at 23:08 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.