Waning
Gibbous ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 29 September 2042 at 10:34.
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 ∠22° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1916".
Harvest Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2042 after 28 days on 28 October 2042 at 19:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 6 October 2042 at 02:35
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 14 October 2042 at 02:03
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 22 October 2042 at 02:53
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 28 October 2042 at 19:48
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 528 / 1481
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 528 of Meeus index or 1481 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.72 days
Length of current 528 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 13 minutes. It is 1 hour and 12 minutes shorter than next lunation 529 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 29 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 34 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠152.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠152.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠177.1°. 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
1 day after point of perigee on 29 September 2042 at 23:50 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 14 October 2042 at 10:02 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 363 297 km
Moon is 363 297 km (225 742 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 527 km (252 604 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 04:41 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 13 October 2042 at 20:03 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 04:41 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 22 September 2042 at 20:02 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.465°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.491° in the next northern standstill on 5 October 2042 at 09:09 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 14 October 2042 at 02:03 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.