Full
Moon* ♌ Leo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Full Moon phase is on 31 January 2048 at 00:14 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 is entering ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1826"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1826" and ∠1948".
It is Wolf Moon
The Full Moon this days is the Wolf of January 2048.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 31 January 2048 at 00:14
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 7 February 2048 at 03:16
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 14 February 2048 at 00:31
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 21 February 2048 at 19:22
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 594 / 1547
The Moon is 14 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 594 of Meeus index or 1547 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
Length of current 594 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 59 minutes. It is 57 minutes shorter than next lunation 595 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 15 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 48 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠37.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠37.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠64.6°. 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
5 days after point of apogee on 24 January 2048 at 21:24 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 9 February 2048 at 09:12 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 392 577 km
Moon is 392 577 km (243 936 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 129 km (229 366 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 28 January 2048 at 06:52 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 10 February 2048 at 12:30 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 26 January 2048 at 19:32 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.528°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.460° in the next southern standstill on 9 February 2048 at 07:42 in ♐ Sagittarius.
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.