Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 73% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 73% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 28 August 2085 at 08:30.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1932"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1932" and ∠1901".
Harvest Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2085 after 4 days on 4 September 2085 at 00:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 4 September 2085 at 00:41
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 10 September 2085 at 21:07
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 19 September 2085 at 01:07
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 26 September 2085 at 18:18
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 1059 / 2012
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 1059 of Meeus index or 2012 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.66 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 56 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2085. It is 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 12 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 51 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠180.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠180.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠204.1°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 20 August 2085 at 08:35 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 3 September 2085 at 13:43 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 370 968 km
The Moon is 370 968 km (230 509 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 232 km (221 974 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 02:34 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 11 September 2085 at 15:17 in ♊ Gemini.
New draconic month
At 02:34 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 29 August 2085 at 08:12 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.865°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠23.764° at the point of next northern standstill on 10 September 2085 at 21:10 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 4 September 2085 at 00:41 in ♓ Pisces 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.
