Full
Moon ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
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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 ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this Full Moon phase is on 1 August 2042 at 17:33 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 ∠6° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1906"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1906" and ∠1891".
It is Sturgeon Moon
The Full Moon this days is the Sturgeon of August 2042.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 8 August 2042 at 10:35
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 15 August 2042 at 18:01
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 23 August 2042 at 21:55
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 31 August 2042 at 02:02
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 526 / 1479
The Moon is 14 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 526 of Meeus index or 1479 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
Length of current 526 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours and 40 minutes shorter than next lunation 527 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 35 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 34 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠88.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠88.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠123.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 23 July 2042 at 20:11 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 August 2042 at 18:09 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 375 984 km
Moon is 375 984 km (233 626 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 543 km (227 138 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 24 July 2042 at 06:34 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 6 August 2042 at 14:42 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
21 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 30 July 2042 at 02:39 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.160°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.226° in the next northern standstill on 11 August 2042 at 21:49 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.