Waning
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 84% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 84% and getting smaller. The 18 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 9 September 2033 at 02:20.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1965"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1907".
Harvest Moon before 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2033 after 25 days on 8 October 2033 at 10:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 15 September 2033 at 17:34
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 23 September 2033 at 13:40
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 1 October 2033 at 16:33
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 8 October 2033 at 10:58
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 416 / 1369
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 416 of Meeus index or 1369 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 416 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 49 minutes shorter than next lunation 417 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 47 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠140.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠140.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠166.6°. 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
2 days after point of perigee on 10 September 2033 at 01:49 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 25 September 2033 at 01:33 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 364 781 km
Moon is 364 781 km (226 664 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 12 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 444 km (252 553 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 10 September 2033 at 19:07 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 24 September 2033 at 12:46 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 3 September 2033 at 09:54 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.364°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.313° in the next northern standstill on 15 September 2033 at 23:39 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 23 September 2033 at 13:40 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.