Almost Full Moon In Summer Night Sky Stock Photo

The waxing gibbous moon happens when the moon is between a 45 and 90 degree angle with respect to the Earth and Sun. So we are seeing more than half of the moon illuminated and less than half in shadow. Once the Moon’s angle exceeds 90 degrees, that’s when it enters the waxing gibbous phase. People often see a waxing gibbous moon in the afternoon, shortly after moonrise, while it’s ascending in the east as the sun is descending in the west. It’s easy to see a waxing gibbous moon in the daytime because, at this phase of the moon, a respectably large fraction of the moon’s dayside faces our way. 91% WAXING GIBBOUS PHASE