Waning
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% 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 27 March 2032 at 00:46.
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 ∠25° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1834"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1834" and ∠1922".
Worm Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2032 after 28 days on 25 April 2032 at 15:10.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 April 2032 at 10:10
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 10 April 2032 at 02:39
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 17 April 2032 at 15:24
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 25 April 2032 at 15:10
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 398 / 1351
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 398 of Meeus index or 1351 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 398 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 15 minutes. It is 41 minutes shorter than next lunation 399 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 29 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 40 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠23.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠23.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠44.4°. 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
6 days after point of apogee on 22 March 2032 at 08:27 in ♌ Leo. 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 7 April 2032 at 06:55 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 390 837 km
Moon is 390 837 km (242 855 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 117 km (226 873 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after its descending node on 15 March 2032 at 02:16 in ♉ Taurus, 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 29 March 2032 at 15:09 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 18 March 2032 at 04:54 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.775°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.688° in the next southern standstill on 1 April 2032 at 17:12 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 10 April 2032 at 02:39 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.