Waning
Gibbous ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 91% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 91% and getting smaller. The 17 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 2 days on 31 August 2023 at 01:35.
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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1940"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1940" and ∠1902".
Sturgeon Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2023 after 26 days on 29 September 2023 at 09:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 6 September 2023 at 22:21
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 15 September 2023 at 01:40
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 September 2023 at 19:32
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 29 September 2023 at 09:57
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 292 / 1245
The Moon is 17 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 292 of Meeus index or 1245 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 292 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 2 minutes. It is 13 minutes shorter than next lunation 293 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 18 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 45 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠179.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠179.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠202.9°. 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 after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 30 August 2023 at 15:51 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 12 September 2023 at 15:42 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 369 383 km
Moon is 369 383 km (229 524 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 289 km (252 456 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 21 August 2023 at 16:23 in ♎ Libra, 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 3 September 2023 at 07:44 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 26 August 2023 at 20:22 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.095°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.168° in the next northern standstill on 8 September 2023 at 13:18 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 15 September 2023 at 01:40 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.