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Moon* ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 17 August 2048 at 00:32.
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 in ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1934"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1934" and ∠1898".
Sturgeon Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2048 after 1 day on 23 August 2048 at 18:07.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 23 August 2048 at 18:07
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 31 August 2048 at 07:42
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 8 September 2048 at 06:24
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 September 2048 at 06:04
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 601 / 1554
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 601 of Meeus index or 1554 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
Length of current 601 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 26 minutes. It is 1 hour and 5 minutes longer than next lunation 602 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 18 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 51 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠240.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠240.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠276°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 20 August 2048 at 12:34 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 1 September 2048 at 10:48 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 370 536 km
Moon is 370 536 km (230 240 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 235 km (251 180 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 19 August 2048 at 04:55 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 1 September 2048 at 16:14 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days after previous South standstill on 18 August 2048 at 16:40 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.557°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.449° in the next northern standstill on 1 September 2048 at 03:54 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 23 August 2048 at 18:07 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.