Waning
Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 8 May 2077 at 02:23.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1843"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1843" and ∠1900".
Flower Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2077 after 28 days on 6 June 2077 at 15:07.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 15 May 2077 at 09:26
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 22 May 2077 at 02:38
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 29 May 2077 at 16:43
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 June 2077 at 15:07
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 956 / 1909
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 956 of Meeus index or 1909 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
Length of current 956 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 18 minutes. It is 59 minutes shorter than next lunation 957 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 26 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 43 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠28°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠28°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠50.2°. 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 after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 3 May 2077 at 00:26 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 18 May 2077 at 19:58 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 389 020 km
Moon is 389 020 km (241 726 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 235 km (227 568 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 15:33 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 22 May 2077 at 13:10 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 27 April 2077 at 12:56 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.782°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.829° in the next southern standstill on 12 May 2077 at 02:35 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 22 May 2077 at 02:38 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.