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Moon* ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and growing larger. The 14 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 7 days on 18 August 2018 at 07:49.
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 ∠21° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1899".
Sturgeon Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2018 after 1 day on 26 August 2018 at 11:56.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 August 2018 at 11:56
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 3 September 2018 at 02:37
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 9 September 2018 at 18:01
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 September 2018 at 23:15
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 230 / 1183
The Moon is 14 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 230 of Meeus index or 1183 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.34 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 4 minutes. It is 1 hour and 41 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 40 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 29 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠11.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠11.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠28°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 23 August 2018 at 11:23 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 8 September 2018 at 01:21 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 404 154 km
The Moon is 404 154 km (251 130 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 355 km (224 536 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 24 August 2018 at 04:51 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 September 2018 at 22:42 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 22 August 2018 at 02:58 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.773°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.837° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 September 2018 at 06:56 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 26 August 2018 at 11:56 in ♓ Pisces the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
