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The waning moon.

At 23:12:00 UT Sunday 15 June 2025
the moon’s phase is

WANING GIBBOUS (79.08% full)


Some factors that go into this equation:

Universal Time is 23.2166666666667 in decimal hours.
The Julian date is 2460842.2908228.
The sun’s ecliptic longitude is 85.090707311958 degrees.
Its mean anomaly is 161.7216231283 degrees.
The moon’s mean longitude on 00 January 1990 was 318.351648 degrees.

These calculations incorporate the switch to the English New Style (N.S.)—i.e., Gregorian— calendar after Wednesday, 02 September 1752; the next day became Thursday, 14 September, skipping eleven days. (Please also note that, while fairly accurate, these calculations remain a bit buggy.)

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