Waning
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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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 ♊ Gemini.
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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 23 September 2056 at 19:34.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1772"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1772" and ∠1916".
Harvest Moon before 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2056 after 23 days on 23 October 2056 at 11:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 1 October 2056 at 23:33
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 9 October 2056 at 03:00
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 15 October 2056 at 17:58
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 23 October 2056 at 11:46
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 701 / 1654
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 701 of Meeus index or 1654 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
Length of current 701 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 13 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2056. It is 7 minutes shorter than next lunation 702 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 31 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 38 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠317.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠317.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠337.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 28 September 2056 at 07:58 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 October 2056 at 11:04 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 404 445 km
Moon is 404 445 km (251 310 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 834 km (223 590 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 18 September 2056 at 05:52 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 2 October 2056 at 15:45 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 17 September 2056 at 16:12 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-22.234°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠22.376° in the next northern standstill on 2 October 2056 at 03:51 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 9 October 2056 at 03:00 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.