Waning
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 92% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 92% and getting smaller. The 17 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 2 days on 28 September 2034 at 02:57.
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 ∠10° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1916".
Harvest Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2034 after 27 days on 27 October 2034 at 12:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 4 October 2034 at 18:05
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 12 October 2034 at 07:33
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 20 October 2034 at 12:03
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 27 October 2034 at 12:42
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 429 / 1382
The Moon is 17 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 429 of Meeus index or 1382 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 19 minutes. It is 2 hours and 25 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 35 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 28 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠108.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠108.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠141.4°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 04:10. It is 11 days after previous apogee on 18 September 2034 at 07:04 in ♏ Scorpio. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next apogee on 16 October 2034 at 00:06 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 362 430 km
This perigee Moon is 362 430 km (225 204 mi) away from Earth. It is 78 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 7 926 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 27 September 2034 at 08:33 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 10 October 2034 at 06:34 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 21 September 2034 at 02:17 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.177°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.200° at the point of next northern standstill on 4 October 2034 at 01:15 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 12 October 2034 at 07:33 in ♎ Libra the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
