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 8 August 2044 at 21:14 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 ∠12° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1785"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1785" and ∠1893".
It is Sturgeon Moon
The Full Moon this days is the Sturgeon of August 2044.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 16 August 2044 at 10:03
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 23 August 2044 at 01:06
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 30 August 2044 at 09:18
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 7 September 2044 at 11:24
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 551 / 1504
The Moon is 14 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 551 of Meeus index or 1504 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 551 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 56 minutes. It is 2 hours and 1 minute shorter than next lunation 552 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠16°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠16°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠34°. 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 after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 5 August 2044 at 05:22 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 20 August 2044 at 23:01 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 401 511 km
Moon is 401 511 km (249 487 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 12 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 698 km (225 370 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after its descending node on 27 July 2044 at 09:02 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 10 August 2044 at 20:20 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days after previous South standstill on 4 August 2044 at 16:59 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.410°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.458° in the next northern standstill on 18 August 2044 at 17:17 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.