Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 81% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 81% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 3 days on 22 February 2094 at 02:36.
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 ∠15° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1780"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1780" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2094 after 4 days on 2 March 2094 at 07:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 2 March 2094 at 07:35
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 March 2094 at 00:22
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 16 March 2094 at 15:44
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 23 March 2094 at 20:05
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 1164 / 2117
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 1164 of Meeus index or 2117 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
Length of current 1164 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 1 minute. It is 8 minutes longer than next lunation 1165 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 43 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 26 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠7.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠7.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠24.6°. 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
10 days after point of perigee on 14 February 2094 at 18:39 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 27 February 2094 at 15:03 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 402 601 km
Moon is 402 601 km (250 165 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 118 km (252 350 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♋ Cancer at 12:58 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 11 March 2094 at 18:24 in ♑ Capricorn.
New draconic month
At 12:58 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon in northern standstill
At 05:34 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠22.582°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-22.707° in its southern standstill point on 11 March 2094 at 14:07 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 2 March 2094 at 07:35 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.