Waning
Gibbous ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 87% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 87% and getting smaller. The 18 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 3 days on 13 January 2055 at 11:21.
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 ∠8° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1950".
Wolf Moon before 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2055 after 26 days on 11 February 2055 at 22:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 January 2055 at 03:24
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 27 January 2055 at 17:39
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 4 February 2055 at 22:59
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 11 February 2055 at 22:48
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 680 / 1633
The Moon is 18 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 680 of Meeus index or 1633 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
Length of current 680 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 47 minutes. It is 1 hour and 13 minutes shorter than next lunation 681 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 3 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠109.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠109.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠143.9°. 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 15 January 2055 at 09:13 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 31 January 2055 at 06:49 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 363 396 km
Moon is 363 396 km (225 804 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 14 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 942 km (252 241 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 15 January 2055 at 05:53 in ♌ Leo, 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 28 January 2055 at 16:32 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
3 days after previous North standstill on 12 January 2055 at 12:37 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.742°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.724° in the next southern standstill on 25 January 2055 at 10:36 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 27 January 2055 at 17:39 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.