Waxing
Gibbous ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 92% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 92% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 18 February 2089 at 07:15.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1939".
Snow Moon after 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2089 after 2 days on 24 February 2089 at 22:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 24 February 2089 at 22:05
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 March 2089 at 05:05
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 12 March 2089 at 08:24
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 19 March 2089 at 15:30
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 1102 / 2055
The Moon is 12 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1102 of Meeus index or 2055 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 8 minutes. It is 2 hours and 46 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 4 hours and 24 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 39 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠211.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠211.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠244.3°.
Moon before apogee
15 days after point of apogee on 7 February 2089 at 10:18 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 February 2089 at 04:43 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 363 613 km
The Moon is 363 613 km (225 939 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 191 km (224 434 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 15 February 2089 at 05:13 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 27 February 2089 at 20:38 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 20 February 2089 at 01:51 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.626°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.545° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 March 2089 at 03:03 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 24 February 2089 at 22:05 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.
