Waning
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 71% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 71% 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 25 September 2064 at 13:38.
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 ∠14° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1813"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1813" and ∠1917".
Harvest Moon before 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2064 after 23 days on 25 October 2064 at 07:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 3 October 2064 at 15:50
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 10 October 2064 at 10:34
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 17 October 2064 at 04:22
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 25 October 2064 at 07:06
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 800 / 1753
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 800 of Meeus index or 1753 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 23 minutes. It is 48 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 21 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 48 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠344°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠344°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠359.5°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 27 September 2064 at 00:14 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 10 October 2064 at 11:14 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 395 440 km
The Moon is 395 440 km (245 715 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 866 km (221 746 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 21 September 2064 at 13:35 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 6 October 2064 at 02:42 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
13 days since the previous standstill on 17 September 2064 at 12:22 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.279°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠27.159° at the point of next northern standstill on 2 October 2064 at 05:10 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 10 October 2064 at 10:34 in ♎ Libra 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.
