Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on 4 January 2023, Wednesday. Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 95% and growing larger. The 12 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini. Previous date |
Moon Today | Next date Moon phases for next 7 daysThursday Thu Friday Fri Saturday Sat Sunday Sun Monday Mon Tuesday Tue Wednesday Wed 7 days ago | 7 days after Moon phase and lunation detailsPrevious main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 30 December 2022 at 01:21. Moonrise and moonsetMoon 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 ♊ GeminiMoon is passing about ∠17° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector. Apparent angular diameter ∠1794"Lunar disc appears visually 8.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1794" and ∠1951". Wolf Moon after 2 daysNext Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2023 after 2 days on 6 January 2023 at 23:08. Upcoming main Moon phases
Moderate tideThere 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 284 / 1237The 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 284 of Meeus index or 1237 from Brown series. PreviousCurrent lunationNext Synodic month length 29.44 daysThe length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 36 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2023. It is 23 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°). Lunation length shorter than meanThe length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 8 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 1 minute longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length. Lunar orbit position on 4 January 2023 Wednesday 12:00 UTCAt the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠344.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠360°. 11 days after point of perigee on 24 December 2022 at 08:32 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on
8 January 2023 at 09:19 in ♌ Leo. Previous perigeeNext apogee Distance to Moon 399 556 kmThe Moon is 399 556 km (248 273 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 459 km (252 562 mi). Moon after ascending node2 days after ascending node on 1 January 2023 at 15:25 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 January 2023 at 06:32 in ♏ Scorpio. Previous nodeNext node Draconic month2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle. PreviousCurrent draconic monthNext Moon before northern standstill11 days since the previous standstill on 23 December 2022 at 18:18 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.418°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠27.406° at the point of next northern standstill on 6 January 2023 at 03:08 in ♋ Cancer. Previous standstillNext standstill Syzygy in 2 daysIn 2 days on 6 January 2023 at 23:08 in ♋ Cancer 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. Previous syzygyNext syzygy How close is the Sun to Earth 2022?Perihelion and Aphelion in 2022
This year, Earth will be 91,406,842 miles away from the Sun at perihelion and 94,509,598 miles away from the Sun at aphelion.
What happens to the Sun in 2022?So far, almost every day in 2022 it has erupted in flares and coronal mass ejections, some of which were the most powerful eruptions our star is capable of. By itself, an erupting Sun is not weird. It erupts regularly as it goes through periods of high and low activity, in cycles that last roughly 11 years.
Which day Earth is farthest from Sun?Detailed Solution. The correct answer is 4 July. It is the point of Earth's orbit that is farthest from the Sun. When the earth reaches aphelion, the sun appears slightly smaller in the sky at any other time of year.
Is perihelion the same day every year?Perihelion can fall anywhere between January 2 and January 6 in a given year. At that point in its orbit, the Earth is over 91 million from the Sun, a difference of about three million miles from its farthest point, or aphelion.
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