Waning
Gibbous ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 74% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 74% and getting smaller. The 19 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 15 December 2035 at 00:33.
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 is entering ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1947"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1947" and ∠1950".
Cold Moon before 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2036 after 24 days on 13 January 2036 at 11:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 December 2035 at 16:29
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 29 December 2035 at 14:31
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 6 January 2036 at 17:48
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 13 January 2036 at 11:16
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 444 / 1397
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 444 of Meeus index or 1397 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes. It is 53 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 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 54 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠144.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠144.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠171°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 15 December 2035 at 19:38 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 30 December 2035 at 15:44 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 368 209 km
The Moon is 368 209 km (228 794 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 575 km (252 634 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♌ Leo at 09:33 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 14 days later on 2 January 2036 at 18:21 in ♒ Aquarius.
New draconic month
At 09:33 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 15 December 2035 at 23:54 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.300°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.326° at the point of next southern standstill on 29 December 2035 at 15:02 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 29 December 2035 at 14:31 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
