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 6 March 2061 at 05:54.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1806"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1806" and ∠1933".
Worm Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2061 after 28 days on 4 April 2061 at 21:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 14 March 2061 at 08:31
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 March 2061 at 17:23
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 28 March 2061 at 09:26
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 4 April 2061 at 21:47
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 756 / 1709
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 756 of Meeus index or 1709 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
Length of current 756 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 52 minutes. It is 2 hours and 10 minutes longer than next lunation 757 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 52 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 17 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠299.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠299.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠324.8°. 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
11 days after point of perigee on 24 February 2061 at 09:19 in ♉ Taurus. 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 12 March 2061 at 02:00 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 396 893 km
Moon is 396 893 km (246 618 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 673 km (251 452 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 23 February 2061 at 16:18 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 8 March 2061 at 23:14 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
11 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 28 February 2061 at 20:22 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.299°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.381° in the next southern standstill on 15 March 2061 at 03:06 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 14 days
After 14 days on 21 March 2061 at 17:23 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.