Waning
Gibbous ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 94% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 94% and getting smaller. The 17 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 2 days on 28 July 2045 at 22:11.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1773"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1773" and ∠1890".
Buck Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2045 after 27 days on 27 August 2045 at 14:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 5 August 2045 at 23:57
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 12 August 2045 at 17:39
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 19 August 2045 at 11:55
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 27 August 2045 at 14:08
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 563 / 1516
The Moon is 17 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 563 of Meeus index or 1516 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
Length of current 563 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 11 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2045. It is 37 minutes shorter than next lunation 564 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 33 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 36 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠345.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠345.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠0.7°. 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
1 day after point of apogee on 30 July 2045 at 02:00 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 12 August 2045 at 16:40 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 404 329 km
Moon is 404 329 km (251 238 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 12 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 292 km (222 011 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 30 July 2045 at 07:42 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 August 2045 at 21:20 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 25 July 2045 at 09:40 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.770°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.798° in the next northern standstill on 8 August 2045 at 22:31 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 12 August 2045 at 17:39 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.