Waning
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 95% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 95% 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 13 October 2038 at 04:22.
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 ∠17° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1925".
Hunter Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2038 after 27 days on 11 November 2038 at 22:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 21 October 2038 at 08:23
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 28 October 2038 at 03:53
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 3 November 2038 at 21:24
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 11 November 2038 at 22:27
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 479 / 1432
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 479 of Meeus index or 1432 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes. It is 59 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠339.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠339.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠355.4°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 07:13. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 30 September 2038 at 00:20 in ♏ Scorpio. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 28 October 2038 at 10:19 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 406 282 km
This apogee Moon is 406 282 km (252 452 mi) away from Earth. It is 874 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 427 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 4 October 2038 at 21:28 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 19 October 2038 at 08:51 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
23 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, 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 5 October 2038 at 08:40 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.486°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠23.638° at the point of next northern standstill on 20 October 2038 at 00:51 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 28 October 2038 at 03:53 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.
