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Full Moon 100% illuminated
Full Moon is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 100%. The 14 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this Full Moon phase is on 20 December 2029 at 22:46 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. It is visible all night and it is high in the sky around midnight.
Moon in ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1793"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1793" and ∠1950".
It is Cold Moon
The Full Moon this days is the Cold of December 2029.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 December 2029 at 09:49
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 4 January 2030 at 02:49
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 11 January 2030 at 14:06
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 19 January 2030 at 15:54
Spring tide
There is high Full Moon ocean tide on this date. Combined Sun and Moon gravitational tidal force working on Earth is strong, because of the Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
Lunation 370 / 1323
The Moon is 14 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 370 of Meeus index or 1323 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 21 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 47 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 22 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠19.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠19.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠39.8°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 16 December 2029 at 13:58 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 January 2030 at 15:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 399 818 km
The Moon is 399 818 km (248 435 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 250 km (226 334 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♊ Gemini at 15:21 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 2 January 2030 at 20:31 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at northern standstill
At 00:22 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠23.577°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-23.575° at the point of next standstill in ♐ Sagittarius on 2 January 2030 at 08:17.
Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy
The Moon is in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
