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Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 58% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 58% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 6 days on 15 September 2008 at 09:13.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1912".
Harvest Moon before 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2008 after 23 days on 14 October 2008 at 20:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 22 September 2008 at 05:04
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 29 September 2008 at 08:12
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 7 October 2008 at 09:04
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 14 October 2008 at 20:03
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 107 / 1060
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 107 of Meeus index or 1060 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
Length of current 107 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 14 minutes. It is 2 hours and 48 minutes shorter than next lunation 108 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 30 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 39 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠64.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠64.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠98.7°. 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 after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 20 September 2008 at 03:17 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 5 October 2008 at 10:34 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 363 301 km
Moon is 363 301 km (225 745 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 716 km (251 479 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 12 September 2008 at 18:24 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 25 September 2008 at 16:20 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 18:30 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠27.476°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-27.370° in its southern standstill point on 5 October 2008 at 14:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 29 September 2008 at 08:12 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.