Waning
Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 78% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 78% and getting smaller. The 19 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 27 March 2051 at 09:00.
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 ∠8° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1816"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1816" and ∠1920".
Worm Moon before 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2051 after 24 days on 26 April 2051 at 02:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 4 April 2051 at 09:41
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 11 April 2051 at 01:59
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 17 April 2051 at 22:38
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 26 April 2051 at 02:19
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 633 / 1586
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 633 of Meeus index or 1586 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
Length of current 633 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 7 minutes. It is 37 minutes longer than next lunation 634 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 37 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 32 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠351.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠351.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠6.6°. 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
4 days after point of apogee on 27 March 2051 at 12:23 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 April 2051 at 16:35 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 394 661 km
Moon is 394 661 km (245 231 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 337 km (222 039 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 29 March 2051 at 13:32 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 11 April 2051 at 19:58 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days after previous North standstill on 18 March 2051 at 21:07 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.258°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.184° in the next southern standstill on 2 April 2051 at 15:13 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 11 April 2051 at 01:59 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.