Waning
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 73% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 73% and getting smaller. The 20 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 4 days on 26 September 2026 at 16:49.
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 ∠11° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1966"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1917".
Harvest Moon before 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2026 after 24 days on 26 October 2026 at 04:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 3 October 2026 at 13:25
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 10 October 2026 at 15:50
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 18 October 2026 at 16:13
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 26 October 2026 at 04:12
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 330 / 1283
The Moon is 20 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 330 of Meeus index or 1283 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
Length of current 330 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 23 minutes. It is 2 hours and 49 minutes shorter than next lunation 331 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 21 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 48 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠61.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠61.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠94.5°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 20:41, this is 12 days after last apogee on 19 September 2026 at 03:00 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 16 October 2026 at 22:56 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 369 338 km
This perigee Moon is 369 338 km (229 496 mi) away from Earth. It is 6 830 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 1 018 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 24 September 2026 at 02:40 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 7 October 2026 at 01:19 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 18 September 2026 at 18:54 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.065°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.989° in the next northern standstill on 2 October 2026 at 11:35 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 10 October 2026 at 15:50 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.