Waning
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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 ♍ Virgo.
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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 31 December 2028 at 16:48.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1969"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1951".
Cold Moon before 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2029 after 24 days on 30 January 2029 at 06:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 7 January 2029 at 13:26
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 14 January 2029 at 17:24
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 22 January 2029 at 19:23
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 30 January 2029 at 06:03
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 358 / 1311
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 358 of Meeus index or 1311 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 18 minutes. It is 1 hour and 49 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 2 hours and 34 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 29 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠63.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠63.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠99.9°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 04:16. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 23 December 2028 at 21:00 in ♓ Pisces. 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 20 January 2029 at 18:08 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 368 918 km
This perigee Moon is 368 918 km (229 235 mi) away from Earth. It is 6 410 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 1 438 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 31 December 2028 at 22:49 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 13 January 2029 at 21:21 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 30 December 2028 at 02:35 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.195°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.199° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 January 2029 at 00:15 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 14 January 2029 at 17:24 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
