Waning
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 73% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 73% and getting smaller. The 20 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 4 days on 11 February 2055 at 22:48.
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 is entering ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1945"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1945" and ∠1942".
Snow Moon before 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2055 after 24 days on 13 March 2055 at 08:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 18 February 2055 at 14:14
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 February 2055 at 12:39
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 6 March 2055 at 14:48
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 13 March 2055 at 08:57
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 681 / 1634
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 681 of Meeus index or 1634 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
Length of current 681 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 1 minute. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2055. It is 38 minutes longer than next lunation 682 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 47 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠143.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠143.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠170.8°. 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
3 days after point of perigee on 12 February 2055 at 17:59 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 27 February 2055 at 13:56 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 368 548 km
Moon is 368 548 km (229 005 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 514 km (252 596 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 11 February 2055 at 16:36 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 24 February 2055 at 23:02 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 8 February 2055 at 23:45 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.711°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.715° in the next southern standstill on 21 February 2055 at 16:20 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 26 February 2055 at 12:39 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.