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Moon ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
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Waxing Gibbous 97% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 97% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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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 15 September 2048 at 06:04.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1903"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1903" and ∠1911".
Harvest Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2048 after 1 day on 22 September 2048 at 04:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 22 September 2048 at 04:46
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 30 September 2048 at 02:45
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 7 October 2048 at 17:45
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 14 October 2048 at 12:20
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 602 / 1555
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 602 of Meeus index or 1555 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
Length of current 602 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 21 minutes. It is 28 minutes longer than next lunation 603 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 23 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 46 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠276°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠276°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠307.5°. 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
4 days after point of perigee on 15 September 2048 at 15:06 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 29 September 2048 at 06:20 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 376 736 km
Moon is 376 736 km (234 093 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 231 km (251 177 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 15 September 2048 at 06:06 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 28 September 2048 at 18:16 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
5 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
5 days after previous South standstill on 14 September 2048 at 22:20 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.317°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.189° in the next northern standstill on 28 September 2048 at 11:46 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 22 September 2048 at 04:46 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.