Waning
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 78% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 78% and getting smaller. The 19 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 8 October 2033 at 10:58.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1926"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1926" and ∠1923".
Hunter Moon before 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2033 after 25 days on 6 November 2033 at 20:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 15 October 2033 at 04:47
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 23 October 2033 at 07:28
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 31 October 2033 at 04:46
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 6 November 2033 at 20:32
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 417 / 1370
The Moon is 19 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 417 of Meeus index or 1370 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
Length of current 417 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 49 minutes. It is 22 minutes shorter than next lunation 418 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 5 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 58 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠166.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠166.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠190.3°. 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 perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 8 October 2033 at 12:11 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 22 October 2033 at 03:15 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 372 205 km
Moon is 372 205 km (231 277 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 439 km (252 549 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 8 October 2033 at 05:55 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 21 October 2033 at 19:04 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
17 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
11 days after previous South standstill on 30 September 2033 at 17:33 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.282°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.284° in the next northern standstill on 13 October 2033 at 07:00 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 23 October 2033 at 07:28 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.