Waning
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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 ♏ Scorpio.
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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 9 April 2039 at 02:53.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1965"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1915".
Pink Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2039 after 27 days on 8 May 2039 at 11:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 15 April 2039 at 18:07
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 23 April 2039 at 09:35
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 1 May 2039 at 14:07
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 8 May 2039 at 11:20
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 485 / 1438
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 485 of Meeus index or 1438 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 35 minutes. It is 28 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 51 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 12 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠120.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠120.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠151.8°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 17:31. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 29 March 2039 at 17:29 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next apogee on 26 April 2039 at 06:54 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 360 831 km
This perigee Moon is 360 831 km (224 210 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 677 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 9 525 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 31 March 2039 at 11:40 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 13 April 2039 at 11:46 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 1 April 2039 at 20:16 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.377°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.485° at the point of next southern standstill on 14 April 2039 at 17:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 23 April 2039 at 09:35 in ♉ Taurus 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.
