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
Length of current 479 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes. It is 59 minutes shorter than next lunation 480 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 20 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠339.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠339.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠355.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 07:13, this is 15 days after last perigee on 30 September 2038 at 00:20 in ♏ Scorpio. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the 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 farther 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 its descending node on 4 October 2038 at 21:28 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 19 October 2038 at 08:51 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 5 October 2038 at 08:40 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.486°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.638° in the next northern standstill on 20 October 2038 at 00:51 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 28 October 2038 at 03:53 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.