Waning
Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 80% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 80% and getting smaller. The 19 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 4 days 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 is entering ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1902"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1902" and ∠1920".
Worm Moon before 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2032 after 25 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 19 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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 15 minutes. It is 41 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 29 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 40 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠23.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠23.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠44.4°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 22 March 2032 at 08:27 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 7 April 2032 at 06:55 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 376 824 km
The Moon is 376 824 km (234 148 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 117 km (226 873 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 29 March 2032 at 15:09 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 11 April 2032 at 11:00 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days since the previous standstill on 18 March 2032 at 04:54 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.775°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-19.688° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 April 2032 at 17:12 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 10 April 2032 at 02:39 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.
