Waning
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
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 ♑ 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 9 June 2093 at 10:09.
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 ∠6° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1890".
Strawberry Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2093 after 28 days on 8 July 2093 at 17:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 16 June 2093 at 01:19
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 23 June 2093 at 21:04
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 1 July 2093 at 23:24
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 8 July 2093 at 17:14
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 1155 / 2108
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 1155 of Meeus index or 2108 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 57 minutes. It is 34 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 13 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 50 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠142°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠142°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠167.5°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 08:55. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 28 May 2093 at 21:26 in ♋ Cancer. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next apogee on 25 June 2093 at 06:06 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 358 605 km
This perigee Moon is 358 605 km (222 827 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 903 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 11 751 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 29 May 2093 at 14:36 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 11 June 2093 at 20:52 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 21:56 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-21.625°. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠21.648° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 24 June 2093 at 15:06.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 23 June 2093 at 21:04 in ♊ Gemini the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
