Waning
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 92% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 92% and getting smaller. The 17 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 30 May 2094 at 00:58.
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 ∠14° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1947"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1947" and ∠1892".
Flower Moon before 2 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2094 after 26 days on 28 June 2094 at 09:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 5 June 2094 at 19:41
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 13 June 2094 at 00:03
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 21 June 2094 at 02:19
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 28 June 2094 at 09:58
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 1167 / 2120
The Moon is 17 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1167 of Meeus index or 2120 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
Length of current 1167 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 54 minutes. It is 1 hour and 39 minutes shorter than next lunation 1168 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 50 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 19 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠74.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠74.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠109.9°. 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
10 days after point of apogee on 21 May 2094 at 19:13 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 2 June 2094 at 22:20 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 368 156 km
Moon is 368 156 km (228 762 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 459 km (228 328 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♑ Capricorn at 01:35 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet ascending node on 14 June 2094 at 04:44 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 08:45 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-23.296°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠23.310° in its northern standstill point on 14 June 2094 at 13:39 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 13 June 2094 at 00:03 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.