Waning
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 74% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 74% and getting smaller. The 19 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 7 January 2099 at 01:50.
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 ∠23° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon before 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2099 after 25 days on 5 February 2099 at 12:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 13 January 2099 at 17:26
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 21 January 2099 at 09:07
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 29 January 2099 at 14:38
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 5 February 2099 at 12:48
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 1224 / 2177
The Moon is 19 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1224 of Meeus index or 2177 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 43 minutes. It is 1 hour and 15 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 4 hours and 59 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 4 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠115.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠115.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠149°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 8 January 2099 at 18:21 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 24 January 2099 at 12:47 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 364 303 km
The Moon is 364 303 km (226 367 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 101 km (252 339 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 30 December 2098 at 20:34 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 12 January 2099 at 15:35 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
11 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 after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 6 January 2099 at 00:46 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.354°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.389° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 January 2099 at 22:15 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 21 January 2099 at 09:07 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
