Waning
Gibbous ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 2 February 2083 at 18:20.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1910"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1910" and ∠1946".
Snow Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2083 after 27 days on 4 March 2083 at 07:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 9 February 2083 at 16:39
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 16 February 2083 at 18:15
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 February 2083 at 18:24
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 4 March 2083 at 07:34
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 1027 / 1980
The Moon is 16 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1027 of Meeus index or 1980 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
Length of current 1027 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 25 minutes. It is 1 hour and 16 minutes shorter than next lunation 1028 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 41 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 22 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠55.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠55.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠89.1°. 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 26 January 2083 at 10:16 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 February 2083 at 11:16 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 375 256 km
Moon is 375 256 km (233 173 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 927 km (229 862 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 3 February 2083 at 00:47 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 15 February 2083 at 23:06 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 29 January 2083 at 19:57 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.490°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.496° in the next southern standstill on 11 February 2083 at 23:44 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 16 February 2083 at 18:15 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.