Sentences with phrase «waning gibbous»

The moon today is waning gibbous and 95 % of full — whether or not you can see it through the rain or past the city lights where you are.

The lunar cycle has names for eight of its states: full, is when there's no shadow; waning gibbous, describes a moon that is more than half visible, but shrinking; third quarter is a half visible moon (Which half?)

It helps to explain new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent.

This year, although skies are expected to be clear through much of the Midwest and West, the moon is waning gibbous (still nearly three quarters full) and will be rising at about 10 P.M., just before the meteor action heats up over North America (about midnight, continuing on into the wee hours of Wednesday and Thursday).

February 26: The waning gibbous moon forms a tight pair with Jupiter, part of a series of repeating monthly close encounters this year.

These next several mornings — May 4, 5 and 6, 2018 — the bright waning gibbous moon will be putting a damper on the predawn Eta Aquariid meteor shower.