Waning
Gibbous ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 1 day on 8 February 2001 at 07:12.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the evening and sets in the morning. It is visible to the southwest and it is high in the sky after midnight.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1960"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1960" and ∠1945".
Snow Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2001 after 28 days on 9 March 2001 at 17:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 15 February 2001 at 03:24
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 February 2001 at 08:21
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 3 March 2001 at 02:03
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 9 March 2001 at 17:23
Lunar orbit position on
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 23 February 2001 at 08:21 in ♓ Pisces the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
