Waning
Gibbous ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 97% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 97% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 12 January 2028 at 04:03.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2028 after 28 days on 10 February 2028 at 15:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 18 January 2028 at 19:26
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 26 January 2028 at 15:12
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 3 February 2028 at 19:10
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 10 February 2028 at 15:04
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 346 / 1299
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 346 of Meeus index or 1299 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 1 minute. It is 25 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 47 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠132.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠132.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠161.9°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 07:47. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 1 January 2028 at 03:52 in ♒ Aquarius. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next apogee on 28 January 2028 at 15:31 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 359 046 km
This perigee Moon is 359 046 km (223 101 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 462 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 11 310 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 12 January 2028 at 21:27 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 26 January 2028 at 07:31 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 10 January 2028 at 02:36 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.604°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.616° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 January 2028 at 21:35 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 26 January 2028 at 15:12 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
