Waning
Gibbous ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 71% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 71% and getting smaller. The 20 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 12 July 2052 at 00:23.
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 ∠1921"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1921" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon before 5 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2052 after 24 days on 10 August 2052 at 12:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 19 July 2052 at 09:37
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 26 July 2052 at 01:31
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 2 August 2052 at 13:20
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 10 August 2052 at 12:52
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 649 / 1602
The Moon is 20 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 649 of Meeus index or 1602 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.32 days
Length of current 649 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 55 minutes shorter than next lunation 650 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 3 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 6 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠23.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠23.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠43°. 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
9 days after point of apogee on 7 July 2052 at 12:41 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 July 2052 at 08:05 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 373 051 km
Moon is 373 051 km (231 803 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 746 km (226 643 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♈ Aries at 23:36 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 30 July 2052 at 18:07 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 10 July 2052 at 04:04 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.479°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.413° in the next northern standstill on 23 July 2052 at 14:42 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 26 July 2052 at 01:31 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.