Waxing
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 70% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 70% and growing larger. The 9 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 13 October 2097 at 09:35.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1785"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1785" and ∠1925".
Hunter Moon after 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2097 after 5 days on 21 October 2097 at 01:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 21 October 2097 at 01:23
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 October 2097 at 19:56
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 4 November 2097 at 02:08
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 12 November 2097 at 05:22
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 1209 / 2162
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 1209 of Meeus index or 2162 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 23 minutes. It is 2 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 39 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 24 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠76.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠76.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠112.4°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 12 October 2097 at 16:09 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 24 October 2097 at 15:32 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 401 448 km
The Moon is 401 448 km (249 448 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 167 km (228 147 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 7 October 2097 at 00:55 in ♏ Scorpio. 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 21 October 2097 at 09:50 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 12 October 2097 at 03:02 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.965°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.974° at the point of next northern standstill on 25 October 2097 at 18:37 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 21 October 2097 at 01:23 in ♈ Aries 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.
