Waning
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 81% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 81% and getting smaller. The 19 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 8 June 2036 at 21:02.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1889".
Strawberry Moon before 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2036 after 24 days on 8 July 2036 at 11:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 17 June 2036 at 01:03
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 24 June 2036 at 03:09
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 30 June 2036 at 18:13
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 8 July 2036 at 11:19
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 450 / 1403
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 450 of Meeus index or 1403 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 450 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 53 minutes. It is 46 minutes longer than next lunation 451 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 51 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 18 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠318.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠318.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠338.2°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 05:06, this is 15 days after last perigee on 28 May 2036 at 09:17 in ♋ Cancer. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 11 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 25 June 2036 at 10:31 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 405 205 km
This apogee Moon is 405 205 km (251 783 mi) away from Earth. It is 203 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 504 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♒ Aquarius at 20:47 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 27 June 2036 at 02:46 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 10 June 2036 at 13:44 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.888°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.895° in the next northern standstill on 24 June 2036 at 13:24 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 24 June 2036 at 03:09 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.