Waning
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 97% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 97% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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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 11 December 2038 at 17:30.
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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1808"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1808" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2039 after 27 days on 10 January 2039 at 11:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 19 December 2038 at 09:29
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 26 December 2038 at 01:02
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 2 January 2039 at 07:37
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 10 January 2039 at 11:45
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 481 / 1434
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 481 of Meeus index or 1434 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
Length of current 481 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 15 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 minutes shorter than next lunation 482 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 29 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 40 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠10.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠10.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠28.2°. 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 apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 8 December 2038 at 13:35 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 24 December 2038 at 08:23 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 396 459 km
Moon is 396 459 km (246 348 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 283 km (224 491 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 12 December 2038 at 16:05 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 25 December 2038 at 19:56 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 13:26 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠23.887°. This is the year's northernmost lunar standstill of 2038. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-23.882° in its southern standstill point on 26 December 2038 at 13:42 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 26 December 2038 at 01:02 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.