Waning
Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 97% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 97% 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 2 May 2053 at 20:25.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1782"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1782" and ∠1902".
Flower Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2053 after 27 days on 1 June 2053 at 11:02.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 10 May 2053 at 23:40
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 18 May 2053 at 03:43
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 24 May 2053 at 18:04
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 1 June 2053 at 11:02
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 659 / 1612
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 659 of Meeus index or 1612 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 659 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes. It is 1 hour and 47 minutes longer than next lunation 660 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 20 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠316.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠316.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠336.2°. 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
12 days after point of perigee on 21 April 2053 at 13:57 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 7 May 2053 at 10:56 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 402 181 km
Moon is 402 181 km (249 904 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 235 km (251 801 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 29 April 2053 at 02:42 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 13 May 2053 at 15:17 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
5 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
11 days after previous North standstill on 23 April 2053 at 01:32 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.271°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.351° in the next southern standstill on 6 May 2053 at 20:48 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 18 May 2053 at 03:43 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.