Waning
Gibbous ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
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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 ♍ Virgo.
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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 2 January 2037 at 02:35.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon before 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2037 after 26 days on 31 January 2037 at 14:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 8 January 2037 at 18:29
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 16 January 2037 at 09:34
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 24 January 2037 at 14:55
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 31 January 2037 at 14:04
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 457 / 1410
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 457 of Meeus index or 1410 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
Length of current 457 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 20 minutes shorter than next lunation 458 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 47 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠113°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠113°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠146.7°. 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
1 day after point of perigee on 3 January 2037 at 21:29 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 14 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 19 January 2037 at 17:43 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 363 309 km
Moon is 363 309 km (225 750 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 14 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 033 km (252 297 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 3 January 2037 at 20:54 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 17 January 2037 at 08:20 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 2 January 2037 at 00:56 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠20.593°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-20.586° in the next southern standstill on 15 January 2037 at 03:02 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 16 January 2037 at 09:34 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.