Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 87% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 87% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 4 days on 13 April 2084 at 06:05.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1842"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1842" and ∠1911".
Pink Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2084 after 3 days on 20 April 2084 at 17:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 20 April 2084 at 17:52
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 27 April 2084 at 10:29
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 4 May 2084 at 19:32
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 12 May 2084 at 23:43
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 1042 / 1995
The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1042 of Meeus index or 1995 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
Length of current 1042 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 40 minutes. It is 1 hour and 1 minute shorter than next lunation 1043 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 56 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 7 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠92.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠92.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠128.4°. 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 after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 11 April 2084 at 15:02 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 April 2084 at 11:07 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 389 187 km
Moon is 389 187 km (241 830 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 770 km (226 658 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 13 April 2084 at 07:00 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 26 April 2084 at 09:18 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 10 April 2084 at 10:37 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.857°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.760° in the next southern standstill on 24 April 2084 at 03:07 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 20 April 2084 at 17:52 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.