Waning
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 92% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 92% 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 16 October 2054 at 17:44.
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 leaving the last ∠1° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1862"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1862" and ∠1927".
Hunter Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2054 after 26 days on 15 November 2054 at 08:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 24 October 2054 at 02:39
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 30 October 2054 at 20:01
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 7 November 2054 at 08:34
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 15 November 2054 at 08:49
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 677 / 1630
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 677 of Meeus index or 1630 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 12 minutes. It is 2 hours and 20 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 32 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 37 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠23.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠23.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠44°.
Moon after apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 12 October 2054 at 01:43 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 October 2054 at 01:15 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 384 945 km
The Moon is 384 945 km (239 194 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 225 km (226 940 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 12 October 2054 at 01:43 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 25 October 2054 at 21:32 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 7 October 2054 at 22:45 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.290°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.417° at the point of next northern standstill on 22 October 2054 at 10:52 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 30 October 2054 at 20:01 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.
