Full
Moon* ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
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Full Moon 99% illuminated
Full Moon is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99%. The 14 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this Full Moon phase is on 21 August 2032 at 01:47 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1897".
It is Sturgeon Moon
The Full Moon this days is the Sturgeon of August 2032.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 21 August 2032 at 01:47
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 August 2032 at 19:33
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 4 September 2032 at 20:57
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 September 2032 at 18:49
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 403 / 1356
The Moon is 14 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 403 of Meeus index or 1356 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.66 days
Length of current 403 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 45 minutes. It is 45 minutes shorter than next lunation 404 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 1 minute longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 2 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠166.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠166.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠189.3°. 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 perigee
12 days after point of apogee on 7 August 2032 at 17:16 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 August 2032 at 03:52 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 363 651 km
Moon is 363 651 km (225 962 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 879 km (221 754 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 12 August 2032 at 19:55 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 25 August 2032 at 09:01 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days after previous South standstill on 16 August 2032 at 13:55 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.386°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.299° in the next northern standstill on 29 August 2032 at 03:57 in ♊ Gemini.
Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy
The Moon is in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun on this date and this alignment forms Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.