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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 99% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and growing larger. The 14 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 7 days on 30 August 2044 at 09:18.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the afternoon and sets after midnight to early morning. It is visible to the southeast in early evening and it is up for most of the night.
Moon is entering ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1807"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1807" and ∠1904".
Harvest Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2044 after 1 day on 7 September 2044 at 11:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 7 September 2044 at 11:24
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 14 September 2044 at 15:58
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 21 September 2044 at 11:03
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 29 September 2044 at 03:30
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 552 / 1505
The Moon is 14 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 552 of Meeus index or 1505 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 552 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 57 minutes. It is 2 hours and 36 minutes shorter than next lunation 553 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 47 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 22 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠34°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠34°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠57.9°. 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
4 days after point of apogee on 1 September 2044 at 20:26 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 17 September 2044 at 12:14 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 396 636 km
Moon is 396 636 km (246 458 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 771 km (228 522 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after its descending node on 23 August 2044 at 18:33 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 7 September 2044 at 03:06 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
26 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
5 days after previous South standstill on 31 August 2044 at 23:59 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.478°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.463° in the next northern standstill on 14 September 2044 at 23:32 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 7 September 2044 at 11:24 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.