Waning
Gibbous ♒ Aquarius
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 ♒ Aquarius.
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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 17 July 2095 at 08:31.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1922"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1922" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon before 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2095 after 28 days on 15 August 2095 at 17:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 24 July 2095 at 02:17
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 31 July 2095 at 07:29
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 8 August 2095 at 09:19
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 15 August 2095 at 17:13
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 1181 / 2134
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 1181 of Meeus index or 2134 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
Length of current 1181 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 34 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes shorter than next lunation 1182 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 10 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 59 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠76.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠76.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠110.9°. 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
9 days after point of apogee on 9 July 2095 at 01:10 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 July 2095 at 04:21 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 372 918 km
Moon is 372 918 km (231 721 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 302 km (228 231 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after its descending node on 14 July 2095 at 15:36 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 27 July 2095 at 11:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 16 July 2095 at 07:31 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.908°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.923° in the next northern standstill on 29 July 2095 at 04:07 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 31 July 2095 at 07:29 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.