Waning
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 27 November 2061 at 06:32.
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 ∠24° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1945".
Beaver Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2061 after 28 days on 26 December 2061 at 16:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 3 December 2061 at 22:12
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 December 2061 at 22:32
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 19 December 2061 at 23:58
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 26 December 2061 at 16:53
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 765 / 1718
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 765 of Meeus index or 1718 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
Length of current 765 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes. It is 27 minutes shorter than next lunation 766 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 54 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠151.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠151.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠176.8°. 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 perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 27 November 2061 at 19:57 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 12 December 2061 at 07:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 363 306 km
Moon is 363 306 km (225 748 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 709 km (252 717 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 23 November 2061 at 11:10 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 5 December 2061 at 23:41 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
5 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 23:49 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠28.441°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-28.385° in its southern standstill point on 12 December 2061 at 21:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 11 December 2061 at 22:32 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.