Waning
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 26 October 2026 at 04:12.
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 ∠22° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1946"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1946" and ∠1931".
Hunter Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2026 after 28 days on 24 November 2026 at 14:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 1 November 2026 at 20:28
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 9 November 2026 at 07:02
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 17 November 2026 at 11:48
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 24 November 2026 at 14:53
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 331 / 1284
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 331 of Meeus index or 1284 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 331 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 12 minutes. It is 2 hours and 38 minutes shorter than next lunation 332 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 28 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 35 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠94.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠94.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠129.9°. 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
10 days after point of apogee on 16 October 2026 at 22:56 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 28 October 2026 at 18:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 368 340 km
Moon is 368 340 km (228 876 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 411 km (226 434 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after its ascending node on 21 October 2026 at 08:53 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 3 November 2026 at 03:02 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
6 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
11 days after previous South standstill on 16 October 2026 at 02:45 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.892°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.795° in the next northern standstill on 29 October 2026 at 17:40 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 9 November 2026 at 07:02 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.