Waning
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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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 December 2093 at 22:24.
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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1786"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1786" and ∠1947".
Cold Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2094 after 28 days on 1 January 2094 at 16:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 11 December 2093 at 03:15
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 18 December 2093 at 07:47
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 24 December 2093 at 23:25
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 1 January 2094 at 16:51
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 1161 / 2114
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 1161 of Meeus index or 2114 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
Length of current 1161 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 50 minutes. It is 32 minutes longer than next lunation 1162 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 54 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 15 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠314.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠314.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠335.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of perigee on 21 November 2093 at 17:56 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 7 December 2093 at 19:07 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 401 424 km
Moon is 401 424 km (249 433 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 269 km (251 822 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after its descending node on 22 November 2093 at 07:46 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 5 December 2093 at 20:16 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 21 November 2093 at 22:15 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-22.406°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠22.462° in the next northern standstill on 5 December 2093 at 10:39 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 18 December 2093 at 07:47 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.