Waning
Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 17 May 2049 at 11:13.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1948"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1948" and ∠1896".
Flower Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2049 after 28 days on 15 June 2049 at 19:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 24 May 2049 at 02:54
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 31 May 2049 at 14:00
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 8 June 2049 at 17:56
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 June 2049 at 19:26
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 610 / 1563
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 610 of Meeus index or 1563 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
Length of current 610 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 49 minutes. It is 1 hour and 1 minute shorter than next lunation 611 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 5 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 58 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠102.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠102.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠136.3°. 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 before perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 7 May 2049 at 22:34 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 19 May 2049 at 19:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 367 970 km
Moon is 367 970 km (228 646 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 447 km (225 835 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 07:42 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 31 May 2049 at 11:41 in ♊ Gemini.
New draconic month
At 07:42 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon in southern standstill
At 21:47 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-22.086°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠22.085° in its northern standstill point on 1 June 2049 at 04:32 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 31 May 2049 at 14:00 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.