Waning
Gibbous ♓ Pisces
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 ♓ Pisces.
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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 13 August 2030 at 10:44.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1877"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1877" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2030 after 28 days on 11 September 2030 at 21:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 21 August 2030 at 01:15
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 28 August 2030 at 23:07
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 September 2030 at 21:55
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 September 2030 at 21:18
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 378 / 1331
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 378 of Meeus index or 1331 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 56 minutes. It is 1 hour and 9 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠244.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠244.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠279.9°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 9 August 2030 at 22:50 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 August 2030 at 22:49 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 381 844 km
The Moon is 381 844 km (237 267 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 174 km (251 142 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 8 August 2030 at 19:44 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 22 August 2030 at 08:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
5 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 9 August 2030 at 01:58 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.572°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.465° at the point of next northern standstill on 22 August 2030 at 18:22 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 14 days
In 14 days on 28 August 2030 at 23:07 in ♌ Leo 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.
