Waning
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 97% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 97% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 5 October 2055 at 18:38.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1920".
Hunter Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2055 after 28 days on 4 November 2055 at 12:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 13 October 2055 at 18:22
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 20 October 2055 at 10:49
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 27 October 2055 at 07:53
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 4 November 2055 at 12:12
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 689 / 1642
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 689 of Meeus index or 1642 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
Length of current 689 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 15 minutes shorter than next lunation 690 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 14 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 55 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠352.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠352.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠7.9°. 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 apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 5 October 2055 at 17:59 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 19 October 2055 at 23:43 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 404 030 km
Moon is 404 030 km (251 053 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 12 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 259 km (221 990 mi).
Moon after descending node
7 days after its descending node on 30 September 2055 at 10:30 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 15 October 2055 at 00:14 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
19 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 28 September 2055 at 05:09 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.612°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.758° in the next northern standstill on 13 October 2055 at 00:16 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 20 October 2055 at 10:49 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.