Waning
Gibbous ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 97% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 97% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 9 September 2033 at 02:20.
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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1906".
Harvest Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2033 after 27 days on 8 October 2033 at 10:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 15 September 2033 at 17:34
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 23 September 2033 at 13:40
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 1 October 2033 at 16:33
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 8 October 2033 at 10:58
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 416 / 1369
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 416 of Meeus index or 1369 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 416 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 49 minutes shorter than next lunation 417 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 47 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠140.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠140.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠166.6°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 01:49, this is 12 days after last apogee on 28 August 2033 at 15:27 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 14 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 25 September 2033 at 01:33 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 358 590 km
This perigee Moon is 358 590 km (222 817 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 918 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 11 766 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♈ Aries at 19:07 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet ascending node on 24 September 2033 at 12:46 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 3 September 2033 at 09:54 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.364°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.313° in the next northern standstill on 15 September 2033 at 23:39 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 23 September 2033 at 13:40 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.