Waning
Gibbous ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 88% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 88% and getting smaller. The 18 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 3 days on 31 July 2034 at 05:54.
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 ∠22° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1923"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1923" and ∠1891".
Buck Moon before 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2034 after 26 days on 29 August 2034 at 16:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 7 August 2034 at 06:50
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 14 August 2034 at 03:53
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 August 2034 at 00:43
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 29 August 2034 at 16:49
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 427 / 1380
The Moon is 18 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 427 of Meeus index or 1380 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 38 minutes. It is 2 hours and 43 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 3 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 3 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠45.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠45.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠73.9°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 24 July 2034 at 17:20 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 8 August 2034 at 08:24 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 372 720 km
The Moon is 372 720 km (231 597 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 503 km (229 599 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♓ Pisces at 16:44 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 16 August 2034 at 16:01 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 28 July 2034 at 08:38 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.336°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.276° at the point of next northern standstill on 10 August 2034 at 13:32 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 14 August 2034 at 03:53 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.
