Waning
Gibbous ♌ Leo
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 16 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 13 December 2027 at 16:09.
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 ∠18° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1956"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1956" and ∠1950".
Cold Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2028 after 27 days on 12 January 2028 at 04:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 20 December 2027 at 09:11
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 27 December 2027 at 20:12
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 5 January 2028 at 01:40
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 12 January 2028 at 04:03
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 345 / 1298
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 345 of Meeus index or 1298 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
Length of current 345 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 48 minutes. It is 2 hours and 12 minutes shorter than next lunation 346 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 4 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 59 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠96°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠96°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠132.4°. 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
11 days after point of apogee on 4 December 2027 at 08:42 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 16 December 2027 at 02:21 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 366 404 km
Moon is 366 404 km (227 673 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 026 km (226 195 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 2 December 2027 at 19:38 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 December 2027 at 12:21 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 13 December 2027 at 16:06 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.569°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.576° in the next southern standstill on 26 December 2027 at 15:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 27 December 2027 at 20:12 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.