Waning
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 87% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 87% and getting smaller. The 18 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 3 days on 10 September 2060 at 09:44.
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 ∠4° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1908".
Harvest Moon before 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2060 after 26 days on 9 October 2060 at 18:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 17 September 2060 at 01:00
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 24 September 2060 at 15:53
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 2 October 2060 at 20:41
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 9 October 2060 at 18:41
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 750 / 1703
The Moon is 18 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 750 of Meeus index or 1703 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 57 minutes. It is 2 hours and 35 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 13 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 50 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠119.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠119.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠149.6°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 12 September 2060 at 02:40 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 27 September 2060 at 17:42 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 363 299 km
The Moon is 363 299 km (225 744 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 14 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 086 km (252 330 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 04:20 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 26 September 2060 at 21:59 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 04:20 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 5 September 2060 at 02:26 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.952°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.029° at the point of next northern standstill on 17 September 2060 at 19:05 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 24 September 2060 at 15:53 in ♍ Virgo the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
