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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 59% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 59% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 6 days on 28 August 2026 at 04:18.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1961"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1961" and ∠1902".
Sturgeon Moon before 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2026 after 23 days on 26 September 2026 at 16:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 4 September 2026 at 07:51
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 11 September 2026 at 03:27
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 18 September 2026 at 20:44
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 September 2026 at 16:49
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 329 / 1282
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 329 of Meeus index or 1282 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 50 minutes. It is 2 hours and 33 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 54 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 15 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠36.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠36.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠61.3°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 22 August 2026 at 08:20 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 6 September 2026 at 20:26 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 365 576 km
The Moon is 365 576 km (227 158 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 255 km (228 823 mi).
Moon before descending node
6 days after ascending node on 27 August 2026 at 18:47 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 9 September 2026 at 19:17 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 22 August 2026 at 10:59 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.123°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠28.109° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 September 2026 at 06:12 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 11 September 2026 at 03:27 in ♍ Virgo 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.
