Waning
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 2 days on 24 May 2089 at 10:18.
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 is entering ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1783"
Lunar disc appears visually 6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1783" and ∠1894".
Flower Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2089 after 27 days on 23 June 2089 at 00:07.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 1 June 2089 at 12:49
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 8 June 2089 at 18:44
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 15 June 2089 at 09:09
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 23 June 2089 at 00:07
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 1105 / 2058
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 1105 of Meeus index or 2058 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
Length of current 1105 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 38 minutes longer than next lunation 1106 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 3 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 6 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠310.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠310.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠331.7°. 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
12 days after point of perigee on 13 May 2089 at 16:16 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 29 May 2089 at 11:27 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 402 005 km
Moon is 402 005 km (249 794 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 001 km (251 656 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 20 May 2089 at 20:14 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 4 June 2089 at 08:00 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
5 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 04:25 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-18.583°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠18.600° in its northern standstill point on 9 June 2089 at 06:40 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 8 June 2089 at 18:44 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.