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 27 January 2032 at 12:52.
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 ∠24° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1797"
Lunar disc appears visually 8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1797" and ∠1947".
Wolf Moon before 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2032 after 25 days on 26 February 2032 at 07:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 4 February 2032 at 13:49
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 11 February 2032 at 06:24
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 18 February 2032 at 03:29
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 26 February 2032 at 07:43
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 396 / 1349
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 396 of Meeus index or 1349 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 396 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 18 minutes. It is 18 minutes longer than next lunation 397 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 27 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 43 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠351.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠351.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠6.9°. 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 after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 27 January 2032 at 16:13 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 February 2032 at 20:46 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 398 833 km
Moon is 398 833 km (247 823 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 948 km (221 797 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 20 January 2032 at 20:00 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 4 February 2032 at 11:35 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 23 January 2032 at 14:33 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠20.240°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-20.110° in the next southern standstill on 7 February 2032 at 03:44 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 11 February 2032 at 06:24 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.