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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 6 days on 25 August 2001 at 19:55.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the afternoon and sets after midnight to early morning. It is visible to the southeast in early evening and it is up for most of the night.
Moon in ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1902".
Harvest Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2001 after 1 day on 2 September 2001 at 21:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 September 2001 at 21:43
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 10 September 2001 at 19:00
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 17 September 2001 at 10:27
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 24 September 2001 at 09:31
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 20 / 973
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 20 of Meeus index or 973 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
Length of current 20 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 32 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 minutes shorter than next lunation 21 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 12 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 57 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠358.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠358.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠13.2°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 23:26, this is 13 days after last perigee on 19 August 2001 at 05:43 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 16 September 2001 at 15:50 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 406 332 km
This apogee Moon is 406 332 km (252 483 mi) away from Earth. It is 924 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 377 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 28 August 2001 at 09:09 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 11 September 2001 at 21:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
16 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
3 days after previous South standstill on 28 August 2001 at 23:14 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.546°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.677° in the next northern standstill on 12 September 2001 at 12:19 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 2 September 2001 at 21:43 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.