Waning
Gibbous ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 73% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 73% and getting smaller. The 20 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 4 days on 21 September 2097 at 13:00.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1956"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1956" and ∠1915".
Harvest Moon before 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2097 after 24 days on 21 October 2097 at 01:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 28 September 2097 at 13:39
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 5 October 2097 at 11:45
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 October 2097 at 09:35
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 21 October 2097 at 01:23
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 1208 / 2161
The Moon is 20 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1208 of Meeus index or 2161 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
Length of current 1208 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 12 minutes. It is 3 hours and 11 minutes shorter than next lunation 1209 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 33 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 37 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠47.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠47.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠76.4°. 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
11 days after point of apogee on 14 September 2097 at 20:28 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 29 September 2097 at 06:20 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 366 395 km
Moon is 366 395 km (227 667 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 864 km (229 823 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 24 September 2097 at 02:09 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 7 October 2097 at 00:55 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 14 September 2097 at 18:59 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.835°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.911° in the next northern standstill on 28 September 2097 at 13:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 5 October 2097 at 11:45 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.