Waning
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 5 April 2004 at 11:03.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1941"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1941" and ∠1917".
Pink Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2004 after 28 days on 4 May 2004 at 20:33.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 12 April 2004 at 03:46
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 19 April 2004 at 13:21
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 27 April 2004 at 17:32
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 4 May 2004 at 20:33
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 52 / 1005
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 52 of Meeus index or 1005 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes. It is 51 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 1 hour and 56 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 7 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠93.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠93.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠129.7°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 27 March 2004 at 07:02 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 8 April 2004 at 02:28 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 369 258 km
The Moon is 369 258 km (229 446 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 548 km (226 520 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after ascending node on 24 March 2004 at 04:55 in ♉ Taurus. 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 7 April 2004 at 05:05 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 28 March 2004 at 19:53 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.541°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.596° at the point of next southern standstill on 11 April 2004 at 00:50 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 19 April 2004 at 13:21 in ♈ Aries 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.
