Waning
Gibbous ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 77% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 77% and getting smaller. The 19 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 22 November 2056 at 06:12.
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 is entering ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1826"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1826" and ∠1945".
Beaver Moon before 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2056 after 24 days on 22 December 2056 at 01:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 30 November 2056 at 06:37
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 December 2056 at 22:31
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 13 December 2056 at 20:54
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 22 December 2056 at 01:34
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 703 / 1656
The Moon is 19 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 703 of Meeus index or 1656 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
Length of current 703 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 10 minutes. It is 1 hour and 8 minutes shorter than next lunation 704 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 34 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 35 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠353.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠353.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠9.2°. 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
5 days after point of apogee on 21 November 2056 at 23:18 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 December 2056 at 09:40 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 392 632 km
Moon is 392 632 km (243 970 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 324 km (222 031 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 25 November 2056 at 19:20 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 8 December 2056 at 17:42 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 25 November 2056 at 17:50 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠22.815°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-22.839° in the next southern standstill on 8 December 2056 at 17:13 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 6 December 2056 at 22:31 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.