Waning
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 95% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 95% and getting smaller. The 17 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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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 3 December 2017 at 15:47.
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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1947".
Cold Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2018 after 27 days on 2 January 2018 at 02:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 10 December 2017 at 07:51
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 18 December 2017 at 06:31
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 26 December 2017 at 09:20
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 2 January 2018 at 02:24
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 221 / 1174
The Moon is 17 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 221 of Meeus index or 1174 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
Length of current 221 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 48 minutes. It is 59 minutes shorter than next lunation 222 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 4 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 59 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠147°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠147°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠173.3°. 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 4 December 2017 at 08:42 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 19 December 2017 at 01:27 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 363 411 km
Moon is 363 411 km (225 813 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 605 km (252 653 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 25 November 2017 at 08:22 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 8 December 2017 at 00:39 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 11:43 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠20.015°. This is the year's northernmost lunar standstill of 2017. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-20.062° in its southern standstill point on 19 December 2017 at 09:31 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 18 December 2017 at 06:31 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.