Waxing
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 80% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 80% and growing larger. The 10 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 29 August 2093 at 16:58.
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 ∠17° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1902".
Harvest Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2093 after 3 days on 5 September 2093 at 08:28.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 5 September 2093 at 08:28
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 12 September 2093 at 15:15
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 20 September 2093 at 18:16
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 27 September 2093 at 23:39
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 1158 / 2111
The Moon is 10 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1158 of Meeus index or 2111 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
Length of current 1158 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 23 minutes. It is 1 hour and 6 minutes longer than next lunation 1159 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 39 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 24 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠215.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠215.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠247.8°. 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 before perigee
13 days after point of apogee on 18 August 2093 at 17:01 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 3 September 2093 at 09:46 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 363 438 km
Moon is 363 438 km (225 830 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 104 km (225 001 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after its ascending node on 19 August 2093 at 07:10 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 2 September 2093 at 01:36 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 03:48 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-21.745°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠21.823° in its northern standstill point on 14 September 2093 at 09:50 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 5 September 2093 at 08:28 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.