Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
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 ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 23 January 2094 at 11:34.
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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1786"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1786" and ∠1948".
Wolf Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2094 after 3 days on 31 January 2094 at 12:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 31 January 2094 at 12:36
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 8 February 2094 at 12:45
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 15 February 2094 at 05:43
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 22 February 2094 at 02:36
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 1163 / 2116
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 1163 of Meeus index or 2116 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
Length of current 1163 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 38 minutes. It is 37 minutes longer than next lunation 1164 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 3 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠352.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠352.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠7.9°. 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 before apogee
11 days after point of perigee on 17 January 2094 at 05:33 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 31 January 2094 at 11:51 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 401 415 km
Moon is 401 415 km (249 428 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 394 km (252 522 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after its descending node on 16 January 2094 at 02:40 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 29 January 2094 at 09:03 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 23:58 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠22.474°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-22.529° in its southern standstill point on 12 February 2094 at 06:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 31 January 2094 at 12:36 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.