Waning
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 95% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 95% and getting smaller. The 17 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 3 April 2053 at 06:22.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1802"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1802" and ∠1917".
Pink Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2053 after 27 days on 2 May 2053 at 20:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 11 April 2053 at 06:04
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 18 April 2053 at 18:48
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 25 April 2053 at 11:02
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 2 May 2053 at 20:25
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 658 / 1611
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 658 of Meeus index or 1611 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
Length of current 658 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 37 minutes. It is 2 hours and 42 minutes longer than next lunation 659 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 7 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 2 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠288°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠288°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠316.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 25 March 2053 at 21:13 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 9 April 2053 at 17:46 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 397 710 km
Moon is 397 710 km (247 126 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 471 km (251 327 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 1 April 2053 at 21:29 in ♍ Virgo, 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 16 April 2053 at 08:30 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 26 March 2053 at 19:19 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.163°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.204° in the next southern standstill on 9 April 2053 at 12:44 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 18 April 2053 at 18:48 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.