Waning
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 2 November 2009 at 19:14.
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 is entering ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1922"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1922" and ∠1935".
Beaver Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2009 after 27 days on 2 December 2009 at 07:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 9 November 2009 at 15:56
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 16 November 2009 at 19:14
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 24 November 2009 at 21:39
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 2 December 2009 at 07:30
Moderate tide
There 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 121 / 1074
The Moon is 16 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 121 of Meeus index or 1074 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
Length of current 121 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 41 minutes. It is 3 hours and 7 minutes shorter than next lunation 122 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 57 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 6 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠65.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠65.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠99.9°. 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 before perigee
9 days after point of apogee on 25 October 2009 at 23:18 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 7 November 2009 at 07:30 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 372 952 km
Moon is 372 952 km (231 742 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 900 km (229 224 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 25 October 2009 at 08:52 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 7 November 2009 at 23:25 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 22 October 2009 at 12:10 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-25.951°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠25.856° in the next northern standstill on 5 November 2009 at 15:31 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 16 November 2009 at 19:14 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.