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 ♎ Libra.
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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 25 March 2024 at 07:00.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1781"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1781" and ∠1923".
Worm Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2024 after 28 days on 23 April 2024 at 23:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 2 April 2024 at 03:15
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 8 April 2024 at 18:21
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 15 April 2024 at 19:13
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 23 April 2024 at 23:49
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 299 / 1252
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 299 of Meeus index or 1252 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 20 minutes. It is 19 minutes longer 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 24 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 45 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠1.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠1.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠17.2°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 23 March 2024 at 15:44 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 7 April 2024 at 17:53 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 402 518 km
The Moon is 402 518 km (250 113 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 850 km (222 979 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♎ Libra at 04:07 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 8 April 2024 at 12:20 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 17 March 2024 at 14:45 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.526°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.559° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 April 2024 at 08:58 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 8 April 2024 at 18:21 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.
