Lunar Report - July 19th, 2016
TODAY - Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Moon distance to earth: 242,019 miles
Age moon: 14.1 days
Moon phase: Full Moon
Percentage visible: 100%
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The Moon today is in a Full Moon phase. During a Full Moon the moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth and is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. The Moon will be visible throughout the night sky rising at sunset in the east and setting with the sunrise the next morning. The point at which a Full Moon occurs can be measured down to a fraction of a second. The time it takes between full moons is known as a Synodic month and is 29.530587981 days long.
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Tide 1
Low 03:09am (0.17m)
High 09:02am (2.56m)
Tide 2
Low 03:21pm (-0.27m)
High 09:40pm (2.80m)
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It is Buck Moon
The Full Moon this days is the Buck of July 2016.
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Upcoming main Moon phases
Last Quarter in Aries ♈ after 7 days on 26 July 2016 at 23:00
New Moon in Leo ♌ after 14 days on 2 August 2016 at 20:45
First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ after 22 days on 10 August 2016 at 18:21
Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ after 29 days on 18 August 2016 at 09:27
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Spring tide
There is high Full Moon ocean tide today. Combined Sun and Moon gravitational tidal force working on Earth is strong, because of the Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
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Moon after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 13 July 2016 at 05:24 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 27 July 2016 at 11:25 in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 18 July 2016 at 03:41 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.569°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.529° in the next northern standstill on 31 July 2016 at 04:53 in ♋ Cancer.