Waning
Gibbous ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
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Waning Gibbous 87% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 87% and getting smaller. The 18 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 3 days on 16 March 2071 at 01:18.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1819"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1819" and ∠1927".
Worm Moon before 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2071 after 26 days on 14 April 2071 at 13:56.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 23 March 2071 at 17:32
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 31 March 2071 at 15:03
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 7 April 2071 at 13:17
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 14 April 2071 at 13:56
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 880 / 1833
The Moon is 18 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 880 of Meeus index or 1833 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
Length of current 880 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 32 minutes. It is 3 hours and 5 minutes longer than next lunation 881 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 48 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 15 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠248.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠248.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠284.2°. 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
7 days after point of perigee on 12 March 2071 at 10:31 in ♌ Leo. 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 24 March 2071 at 10:06 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 393 989 km
Moon is 393 989 km (244 813 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 399 km (251 282 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 16 March 2071 at 21:22 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 31 March 2071 at 08:03 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 9 March 2071 at 22:59 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.201°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.172° in the next southern standstill on 23 March 2071 at 07:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 31 March 2071 at 15:03 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.