Waxing Gibbous on

Moon phase on 13 July 2019 Saturday is Waxing Gibbous, 11 days young Moon is in Sagittarius.

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Lunar calendar 2019 | July 2019

Waxing Gibbous phase
Waxing Gibbous phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waxing Gibbous 89% illuminated

Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 89% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Moon phase and lunation details

4 days after First Quarter

Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 4 days on 9 July 2019 at 10:55.

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 ♐ Sagittarius

Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1863"

Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1863" and ∠1888".

Buck Moon after 3 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2019 after 3 days on 16 July 2019 at 21:38.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 16 July 2019 at 21:38
  • Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 25 July 2019 at 01:18
  • New Moon in Leo ♌ on 1 August 2019 at 03:12
  • First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 7 August 2019 at 17:31

Neap tide

There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.

Lunation 241 / 1194

The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 241 of Meeus index or 1194 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.33 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 56 minutes. It is 31 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Lunation length shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠321.4°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠321.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠340.5°.

Moon before perigee

8 days after point of perigee on 5 July 2019 at 04:54 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 July 2019 at 00:01 in ♓ Pisces.

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Distance to Moon 384 669 km

The Moon is 384 669 km (239 022 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 480 km (251 954 mi).

Moon before descending node

10 days after ascending node on 3 July 2019 at 06:53 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 July 2019 at 09:05 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Draconic month

10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon before southern standstill

10 days since the previous standstill on 2 July 2019 at 22:02 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.379°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.375° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 July 2019 at 22:49 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Syzygy in 3 days

In 3 days on 16 July 2019 at 21:38 in ♑ Capricorn 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.

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