Waning
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 92% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 92% and getting smaller. The 17 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 2 days on 7 October 2025 at 03:47.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1921".
Hunter Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2025 after 27 days on 5 November 2025 at 13:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 13 October 2025 at 18:13
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 21 October 2025 at 12:25
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 29 October 2025 at 16:21
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 5 November 2025 at 13:19
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 318 / 1271
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 318 of Meeus index or 1271 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.69 days
Length of current 318 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 31 minutes. It is 1 hour and 51 minutes shorter than next lunation 319 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 47 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 16 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠127.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠127.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠156.8°. 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 8 October 2025 at 12:36 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 14 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 23 October 2025 at 23:31 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 363 320 km
Moon is 363 320 km (225 757 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 14 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 445 km (252 553 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 5 October 2025 at 09:20 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 18 October 2025 at 04:34 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 29 September 2025 at 06:09 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.599°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.550° in the next northern standstill on 12 October 2025 at 03:30 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 21 October 2025 at 12:25 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.