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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 62% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 62% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 6 days on 15 January 2033 at 13:07.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1781"
Lunar disc appears visually 9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1781" and ∠1949".
Wolf Moon before 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2033 after 22 days on 14 February 2033 at 07:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 23 January 2033 at 17:46
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 30 January 2033 at 22:00
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 6 February 2033 at 13:34
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 14 February 2033 at 07:04
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 408 / 1361
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 408 of Meeus index or 1361 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
Length of current 408 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 43 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 minutes longer than next lunation 409 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 1 minute shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 8 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠315.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠315.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠336.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 20 January 2033 at 07:04 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 1 February 2033 at 07:27 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 402 362 km
Moon is 402 362 km (250 016 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 085 km (223 746 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♎ Libra at 23:41 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 4 February 2033 at 19:25 in ♈ Aries.
New draconic month
At 23:41 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 13 January 2033 at 00:33 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.075°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.973° in the next southern standstill on 27 January 2033 at 14:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 30 January 2033 at 22:00 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.