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Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 60% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 60% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 6 days on 5 September 2036 at 18:45.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1909"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1909" and ∠1907".
Harvest Moon before 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2036 after 22 days on 5 October 2036 at 10:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 13 September 2036 at 10:29
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 20 September 2036 at 01:51
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 27 September 2036 at 06:12
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 5 October 2036 at 10:15
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 453 / 1406
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 453 of Meeus index or 1406 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.34 days
Length of current 453 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 16 minutes. It is 1 hour and 42 minutes shorter than next lunation 454 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 41 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠9.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠9.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠25.8°. 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 before perigee
9 days after point of apogee on 3 September 2036 at 00:30 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 18 September 2036 at 12:38 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 375 492 km
Moon is 375 492 km (233 320 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 820 km (224 203 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 3 September 2036 at 12:59 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 17 September 2036 at 07:43 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
22 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
12 days after previous South standstill on 31 August 2036 at 09:33 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.884°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.957° in the next northern standstill on 14 September 2036 at 18:44 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 20 September 2036 at 01:51 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.