Waning
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% and getting smaller. The 16 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 15 June 2068 at 17:00.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1923"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1923" and ∠1888".
Strawberry Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2068 after 27 days on 15 July 2068 at 02:07.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 22 June 2068 at 12:25
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 29 June 2068 at 15:11
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 7 July 2068 at 15:31
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 15 July 2068 at 02:07
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 846 / 1799
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 846 of Meeus index or 1799 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 846 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 8 minutes. It is 1 hour and 35 minutes shorter than next lunation 847 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 36 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 33 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠66°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠66°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠99.8°. 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
9 days after point of apogee on 7 June 2068 at 22:05 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 20 June 2068 at 10:58 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 372 683 km
Moon is 372 683 km (231 574 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 627 km (229 054 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 13 June 2068 at 23:06 in ♏ Scorpio, 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 26 June 2068 at 20:13 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 15 June 2068 at 04:19 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.453°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.448° in the next northern standstill on 28 June 2068 at 02:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 29 June 2068 at 15:11 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.