Waning
Gibbous ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 13 February 2044 at 06:42.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1885"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1885" and ∠1943".
Snow Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2044 after 28 days on 13 March 2044 at 19:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 February 2044 at 20:20
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 February 2044 at 20:12
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 6 March 2044 at 21:17
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 13 March 2044 at 19:41
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 545 / 1498
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 545 of Meeus index or 1498 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 8 minutes. It is 2 hours and 54 minutes longer 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 24 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 39 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠235.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠235.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠272.5°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 10 February 2044 at 10:42 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 22 February 2044 at 05:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 380 331 km
The Moon is 380 331 km (236 327 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 628 km (251 424 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 2 February 2044 at 08:49 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 15 February 2044 at 03:48 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 9 February 2044 at 10:49 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.576°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.625° at the point of next southern standstill on 23 February 2044 at 02:17 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 14 days
In 14 days on 28 February 2044 at 20:12 in ♓ Pisces 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.
