Waning
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 94% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 94% and getting smaller. The 17 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 11 September 2079 at 05:36.
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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1910"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1910" and ∠1907".
Harvest Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2079 after 27 days on 10 October 2079 at 17:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 September 2079 at 05:22
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 25 September 2079 at 04:06
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 October 2079 at 02:35
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 10 October 2079 at 17:23
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 985 / 1938
The Moon is 17 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 985 of Meeus index or 1938 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 985 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 3 minutes. It is 3 hours and 11 minutes shorter than next lunation 986 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 41 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 28 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠50.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠50.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠80.4°. 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 before perigee
9 days after point of apogee on 4 September 2079 at 08:27 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 18 September 2079 at 08:26 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 375 230 km
Moon is 375 230 km (233 157 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 896 km (229 843 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 17:20 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 26 September 2079 at 16:35 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 17:20 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 5 September 2079 at 06:20 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.246°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.319° in the next northern standstill on 18 September 2079 at 20:00 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 25 September 2079 at 04:06 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.