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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 ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this Full Moon phase is on 20 September 2040 at 17:43 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1929"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1929" and ∠1911".
It is Harvest Moon
The Full Moon this days is the Harvest of September 2040.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 28 September 2040 at 04:41
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 6 October 2040 at 05:26
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 October 2040 at 08:41
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 20 October 2040 at 04:50
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 503 / 1456
The Moon is 14 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 503 of Meeus index or 1456 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 12 minutes. It is 42 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 28 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 35 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠226.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠226.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠261.6°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 18 September 2040 at 06:43 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 30 September 2040 at 02:50 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 371 485 km
The Moon is 371 485 km (230 830 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 658 km (251 443 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 12 September 2040 at 06:11 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 24 September 2040 at 23:04 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 15 September 2040 at 06:36 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.529°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.630° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 September 2040 at 10:20 in ♋ Cancer.
Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy
The Moon is in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
