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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 13 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 6 days on 16 August 2059 at 11:40.
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 ∠17° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1957"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1957" and ∠1897".
Sturgeon Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2059 after 1 day on 23 August 2059 at 09:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 August 2059 at 09:42
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 30 August 2059 at 01:05
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 6 September 2059 at 23:01
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 September 2059 at 00:44
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 737 / 1690
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 737 of Meeus index or 1690 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 737 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 23 minutes. It is 1 hour and 26 minutes shorter than next lunation 738 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 39 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 24 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠149.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠149.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠173.7°. 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
11 days after point of apogee on 11 August 2059 at 09:12 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 24 August 2059 at 02:14 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 366 330 km
Moon is 366 330 km (227 627 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 713 km (222 273 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after its descending node on 16 August 2059 at 07:59 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 28 August 2059 at 20:26 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 19 August 2059 at 20:09 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.789°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.870° in the next northern standstill on 1 September 2059 at 10:58 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 23 August 2059 at 09:42 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.