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Moon ♒ Aquarius
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Waxing Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 5 August 2022 at 11:06.
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 leaving the last ∠4° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♒ Aquarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2022 after 1 day on 12 August 2022 at 01:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 12 August 2022 at 01:36
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 19 August 2022 at 04:36
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 27 August 2022 at 08:17
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 3 September 2022 at 18:08
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 279 / 1232
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 279 of Meeus index or 1232 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
Length of current 279 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 22 minutes. It is 45 minutes longer than next lunation 280 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 38 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 25 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠202°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠202°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠230.2°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 17:14, this is 15 days after last apogee on 26 July 2022 at 10:22 in ♋ Cancer. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 22 August 2022 at 21:53 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 359 830 km
This perigee Moon is 359 830 km (223 588 mi) away from Earth. It is 2 678 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 10 526 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 5 August 2022 at 20:30 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 18 August 2022 at 10:59 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
19 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 9 August 2022 at 06:36 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.024°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.100° in the next northern standstill on 22 August 2022 at 15:08 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 12 August 2022 at 01:36 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.