Waxing
Gibbous ♎ Libra
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 ♎ Libra.
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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 5 June 2090 at 05:45.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1891".
Strawberry Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2090 after 5 days on 12 June 2090 at 05:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 June 2090 at 05:18
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 20 June 2090 at 03:33
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 27 June 2090 at 17:11
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 4 July 2090 at 10:37
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 1118 / 2071
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 1118 of Meeus index or 2071 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
Length of current 1118 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 42 minutes. It is 1 hour and 34 minutes longer than next lunation 1119 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 2 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 7 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠280.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠280.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠310°. 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
1 day after point of perigee on 4 June 2090 at 21:08 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 19 June 2090 at 00:40 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 364 445 km
Moon is 364 445 km (226 456 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 12 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 160 km (251 133 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♍ Virgo at 01:10 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 19 June 2090 at 18:49 in ♓ Pisces.
New draconic month
At 01:10 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 30 May 2090 at 23:17 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.414°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.449° in the next southern standstill on 12 June 2090 at 22:32 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 12 June 2090 at 05:18 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.