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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 64% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 64% and getting smaller. The 20 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 5 days 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1954"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1954" and ∠1913".
Pink Moon before 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2039 after 23 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 20 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
Length of current 485 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 35 minutes. It is 28 minutes shorter than next lunation 486 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 51 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 12 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠120.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠120.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠151.8°. 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 after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 10 April 2039 at 17:31 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 26 April 2039 at 06:54 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 366 845 km
Moon is 366 845 km (227 947 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 022 km (252 290 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 13 April 2039 at 11:46 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 27 April 2039 at 14:05 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 17:09 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-24.485°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠24.598° in its northern standstill point on 29 April 2039 at 03:37 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 23 April 2039 at 09:35 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.