Waning
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
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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 ♎ Libra.
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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 21 March 2057 at 00:45.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1936"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1936" and ∠1925".
Worm Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2057 after 27 days on 19 April 2057 at 10:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 27 March 2057 at 18:39
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 4 April 2057 at 01:31
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 12 April 2057 at 04:59
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 19 April 2057 at 10:49
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 707 / 1660
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 707 of Meeus index or 1660 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
Length of current 707 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 7 minutes. It is 54 minutes shorter than next lunation 708 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 23 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 40 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠80°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠80°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠117°. 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 12 March 2057 at 10:58 in ♊ Gemini. 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 24 March 2057 at 08:23 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 370 308 km
Moon is 370 308 km (230 099 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 570 km (227 776 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 14 March 2057 at 17:54 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 27 March 2057 at 19:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 14 March 2057 at 22:50 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.130°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.258° in the next southern standstill on 28 March 2057 at 01:43 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 4 April 2057 at 01:31 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.