Waning
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 1 day on 27 October 2034 at 12:42.
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 ∠19° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1932".
Hunter Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2034 after 28 days on 25 November 2034 at 22:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 3 November 2034 at 03:27
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 11 November 2034 at 01:16
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 19 November 2034 at 04:01
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 25 November 2034 at 22:32
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 430 / 1383
The Moon is 16 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 430 of Meeus index or 1383 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 44 minutes. It is 1 hour and 14 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 5 hours longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠141.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠141.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠168.1°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 10:16. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 16 October 2034 at 00:06 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next apogee on 12 November 2034 at 09:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 358 119 km
This perigee Moon is 358 119 km (222 525 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 389 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 12 237 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 24 October 2034 at 18:23 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 November 2034 at 10:15 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
18 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
10 days since the previous standstill on 18 October 2034 at 10:02 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.265°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.332° at the point of next northern standstill on 31 October 2034 at 08:54 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 11 November 2034 at 01:16 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
