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Moon* ♑ Capricorn
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 ♑ Capricorn.
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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 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1820"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1820" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2019 after 1 day 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
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 241 / 1194
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 241 of Meeus index or 1194 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 241 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 56 minutes. It is 31 minutes longer than next lunation 242 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠321.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠321.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠340.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 5 July 2019 at 04:54 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 21 July 2019 at 00:01 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 393 731 km
Moon is 393 731 km (244 653 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 5 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 480 km (251 954 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 3 July 2019 at 06:53 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 July 2019 at 09:05 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 22:49 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-22.375°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠22.384° in its northern standstill point on 30 July 2019 at 08:10 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 16 July 2019 at 21:38 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.