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Moon ♒ Aquarius
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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 ♒ 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 14 August 2051 at 16:49.
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 ∠7° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1893"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1893" and ∠1897".
Sturgeon Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2051 after 1 day on 22 August 2051 at 01:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 August 2051 at 01:35
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 August 2051 at 17:29
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 5 September 2051 at 04:33
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 13 September 2051 at 09:20
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 638 / 1591
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 638 of Meeus index or 1591 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
Length of current 638 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 28 minutes. It is 2 hours and 46 minutes shorter than next lunation 639 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 44 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 19 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠104.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠104.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠137°. 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 before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 12 August 2051 at 11:22 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 24 August 2051 at 08:43 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 378 585 km
Moon is 378 585 km (235 242 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 298 km (225 743 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 12 August 2051 at 11:44 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 25 August 2051 at 20:56 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days after previous South standstill on 17 August 2051 at 06:45 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.946°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.858° in the next northern standstill on 30 August 2051 at 01:37 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 22 August 2051 at 01:35 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.