Waning
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
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 ♎ 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 23 March 2035 at 22:42.
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 ∠23° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1810"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1810" and ∠1924".
Worm Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2035 after 28 days on 22 April 2035 at 13:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 31 March 2035 at 23:06
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 8 April 2035 at 10:58
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 15 April 2035 at 02:55
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 22 April 2035 at 13:21
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 435 / 1388
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 435 of Meeus index or 1388 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
Length of current 435 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 48 minutes. It is 2 hours and 42 minutes longer than next lunation 436 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 56 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 13 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠291.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠291.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠318.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 15 March 2035 at 01:35 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 30 March 2035 at 05:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 395 966 km
Moon is 395 966 km (246 042 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 557 km (251 380 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 22 March 2035 at 12:53 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 6 April 2035 at 00:06 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 17 March 2035 at 10:06 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.394°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.441° in the next southern standstill on 31 March 2035 at 09:27 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 8 April 2035 at 10:58 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.