Waning
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 89% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 89% and getting smaller. The 18 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 21 September 2078 at 17:31.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1913".
Harvest Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2078 after 26 days on 21 October 2078 at 02:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 28 September 2078 at 09:00
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 5 October 2078 at 23:06
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 14 October 2078 at 04:07
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 21 October 2078 at 02:55
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 973 / 1926
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 973 of Meeus index or 1926 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 973 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 7 minutes. It is 2 hours and 43 minutes shorter than next lunation 974 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 23 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 40 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠115.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠115.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠146.4°. 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 23 September 2078 at 13:38 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 14 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 9 October 2078 at 06:58 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 363 438 km
Moon is 363 438 km (225 830 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 14 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 013 km (252 285 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♉ Taurus at 13:18 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 8 October 2078 at 06:08 in ♏ Scorpio.
New draconic month
At 13:18 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 15 September 2078 at 16:23 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.437°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.518° in the next northern standstill on 28 September 2078 at 11:14 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 5 October 2078 at 23:06 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.