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Moon* ♒ Aquarius
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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 4 August 2079 at 14:28.
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 ∠5° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1795"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1795" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2079 after 1 day on 12 August 2079 at 17:00.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 12 August 2079 at 17:00
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 20 August 2079 at 00:00
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 26 August 2079 at 17:02
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 3 September 2079 at 07:46
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 984 / 1937
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 984 of Meeus index or 1937 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
Length of current 984 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 29 minutes. It is 2 hours and 34 minutes shorter than next lunation 985 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 15 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 54 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠28.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠28.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠50.5°. 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
3 days after point of apogee on 7 August 2079 at 14:51 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 August 2079 at 09:43 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 399 372 km
Moon is 399 372 km (248 158 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 372 km (227 653 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 3 August 2079 at 04:34 in ♎ Libra, 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 17 August 2079 at 13:43 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 8 August 2079 at 23:04 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.063°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.160° in the next northern standstill on 22 August 2079 at 14:13 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 12 August 2079 at 17:00 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.