Waning
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and getting smaller. The 15 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 4 November 2055 at 12:12.
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 passing about ∠24° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1790"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1790" and ∠1936".
Beaver Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2055 after 28 days on 4 December 2055 at 05:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 12 November 2055 at 05:38
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 18 November 2055 at 20:34
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 26 November 2055 at 01:42
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 4 December 2055 at 05:40
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 690 / 1643
The Moon is 15 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 690 of Meeus index or 1643 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 690 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 45 minutes. It is 1 hour and 56 minutes shorter than next lunation 691 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 59 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 10 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠7.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠7.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠24.3°. 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 apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 1 November 2055 at 20:44 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 17 November 2055 at 09:42 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 400 538 km
Moon is 400 538 km (248 883 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 295 km (223 877 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 27 October 2055 at 11:35 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 11 November 2055 at 01:13 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
21 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
10 days after previous South standstill on 25 October 2055 at 12:52 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.867°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.007° in the next northern standstill on 9 November 2055 at 06:27 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 18 November 2055 at 20:34 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.