Waning
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 86% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 86% and getting smaller. The 18 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 3 days on 30 January 2029 at 06:03.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♎ Libra later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1947".
Wolf Moon before 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2029 after 26 days on 28 February 2029 at 17:10.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 5 February 2029 at 21:52
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 13 February 2029 at 10:31
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 21 February 2029 at 15:10
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 28 February 2029 at 17:10
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 359 / 1312
The Moon is 18 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 359 of Meeus index or 1312 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
Length of current 359 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 7 minutes. It is 41 minutes shorter than next lunation 360 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 23 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 40 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠99.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠99.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠136.2°. 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 after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 1 February 2029 at 12:21 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 14 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 17 February 2029 at 11:59 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 363 554 km
Moon is 363 554 km (225 902 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 14 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 812 km (252 160 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 28 January 2029 at 08:40 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 10 February 2029 at 03:07 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
19 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 26 January 2029 at 12:31 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.172°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.127° in the next southern standstill on 8 February 2029 at 06:14 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 13 February 2029 at 10:31 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.