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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 64% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 64% and getting smaller. The 20 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 5 days on 14 December 2054 at 22:41.
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 ∠12° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1950".
Cold Moon before 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2055 after 23 days on 13 January 2055 at 11:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 December 2054 at 18:22
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 28 December 2054 at 23:52
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 6 January 2055 at 03:39
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 13 January 2055 at 11:21
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 679 / 1632
The Moon is 20 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 679 of Meeus index or 1632 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 679 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 18 minutes. It is 2 hours and 29 minutes shorter than next lunation 680 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 34 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 29 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠72.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠72.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠109.3°. 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 perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 18 December 2054 at 16:08 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 14 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 3 January 2055 at 13:48 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 363 308 km
Moon is 363 308 km (225 749 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 14 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 985 km (251 646 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 18 December 2054 at 23:30 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 1 January 2055 at 10:10 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 16 December 2054 at 01:47 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.747°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.763° in the next southern standstill on 29 December 2054 at 03:18 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 28 December 2054 at 23:52 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.