Waning
Gibbous ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 29 July 2026 at 14:36.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1826"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1826" and ∠1890".
Buck Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2026 after 27 days on 28 August 2026 at 04:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 6 August 2026 at 02:21
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 12 August 2026 at 17:37
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 August 2026 at 02:46
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 August 2026 at 04:18
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 328 / 1281
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 328 of Meeus index or 1281 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 328 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 53 minutes. It is 1 hour and 57 minutes shorter than next lunation 329 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 51 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 18 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠18°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠18°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠36.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 25 July 2026 at 16:45 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 August 2026 at 11:18 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 392 486 km
Moon is 392 486 km (243 879 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 288 km (225 737 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♒ Aquarius at 11:54 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 13 August 2026 at 09:56 in ♌ Leo.
New draconic month
At 11:54 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 26 July 2026 at 03:56 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.067°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.107° in the next northern standstill on 8 August 2026 at 23:42 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 12 August 2026 at 17:37 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.