Waning
Gibbous ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% 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 17 March 2060 at 03:41.
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 ∠13° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1927".
Worm Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2060 after 28 days on 15 April 2060 at 21:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 25 March 2060 at 07:08
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 1 April 2060 at 01:37
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 7 April 2060 at 19:42
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 15 April 2060 at 21:21
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 744 / 1697
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 744 of Meeus index or 1697 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
Length of current 744 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 26 minutes. It is 53 minutes longer than next lunation 745 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 18 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 51 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠342.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠342.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠358.2°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 18:59, this is 15 days after last perigee on 3 March 2060 at 16:59 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 13 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 1 April 2060 at 04:11 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 406 197 km
This apogee Moon is 406 197 km (252 399 mi) away from Earth. It is 789 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 512 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 6 March 2060 at 11:03 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 March 2060 at 15:22 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 10 March 2060 at 14:36 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.537°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.644° in the next southern standstill on 25 March 2060 at 08:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 1 April 2060 at 01:37 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.