Waning
Gibbous ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 88% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 88% and getting smaller. The 18 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 2 days on 17 December 2070 at 16:05.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1952"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1952" and ∠1950".
Cold Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2071 after 26 days on 16 January 2071 at 02:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 24 December 2070 at 09:31
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 1 January 2071 at 12:15
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 9 January 2071 at 11:08
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 16 January 2071 at 02:35
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 877 / 1830
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 877 of Meeus index or 1830 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 22 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2070. It is 22 minutes longer 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠163.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠163.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠187.9°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 17 December 2070 at 19:41 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 26 December 2070 at 07:40 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 367 143 km
The Moon is 367 143 km (228 132 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 240 km (224 464 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 12 December 2070 at 18:04 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 25 December 2070 at 04:13 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 17 December 2070 at 17:05 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.546°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.553° at the point of next southern standstill on 31 December 2070 at 07:48 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 1 January 2071 at 12:15 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
