Waning
Gibbous ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 79% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 79% and getting smaller. The 19 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 4 days on 25 July 2048 at 09:34.
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 is entering ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1851"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1851" and ∠1890".
Buck Moon before 4 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2048 after 25 days on 23 August 2048 at 18:07.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 1 August 2048 at 14:30
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 9 August 2048 at 17:59
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 17 August 2048 at 00:32
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 23 August 2048 at 18:07
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 600 / 1553
The Moon is 19 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 600 of Meeus index or 1553 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 55 minutes. It is 1 hour and 29 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 11 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 52 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠210.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠210.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠240.4°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 23 July 2048 at 16:18 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 4 August 2048 at 17:05 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 387 138 km
The Moon is 387 138 km (240 556 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 004 km (251 658 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 22 July 2048 at 23:38 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 5 August 2048 at 13:07 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 22 July 2048 at 09:07 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.710°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠23.656° at the point of next northern standstill on 4 August 2048 at 20:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 9 August 2048 at 17:59 in ♌ Leo 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.
