Waning
Gibbous ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 83% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 83% and getting smaller. The 18 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 7 August 2036 at 02:49.
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 ∠1810"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1810" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon before 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2036 after 25 days on 5 September 2036 at 18:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 15 August 2036 at 01:36
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 21 August 2036 at 17:35
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 28 August 2036 at 14:43
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 5 September 2036 at 18:45
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 452 / 1405
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 452 of Meeus index or 1405 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
Length of current 452 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 18 minutes. It is 58 minutes shorter than next lunation 453 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 26 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 43 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠354.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠354.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠9.3°. 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 after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 6 August 2036 at 19:59 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 August 2036 at 04:27 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 396 013 km
Moon is 396 013 km (246 071 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 819 km (222 338 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 7 August 2036 at 06:48 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 20 August 2036 at 22:29 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 4 August 2036 at 03:31 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.865°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.867° in the next northern standstill on 18 August 2036 at 10:50 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 21 August 2036 at 17:35 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.