Waning
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and getting smaller. The 15 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 8 December 2079 at 15:16.
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 is entering ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1948".
Cold Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2080 after 28 days on 7 January 2080 at 01:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 15 December 2079 at 06:43
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 23 December 2079 at 06:31
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 31 December 2079 at 08:29
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 7 January 2080 at 01:45
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 988 / 1941
The Moon is 15 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 988 of Meeus index or 1941 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 2 minutes. It is 22 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 18 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 45 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠148.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠148.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠174.6°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 06:48. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 26 November 2079 at 15:51 in ♑ Capricorn. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next apogee on 23 December 2079 at 21:45 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 357 291 km
This perigee Moon is 357 291 km (222 010 mi) away from Earth. It is 5 217 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 13 065 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 4 December 2079 at 19:50 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 17 December 2079 at 08:14 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at northern standstill
At 17:56 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠28.228°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-28.189° at the point of next standstill in ♑ Capricorn on 23 December 2079 at 10:12.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 23 December 2079 at 06:31 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.
