Full Moon September 2024

Full Moon September 2024

Full Moon September 2024
Full Moon phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Full Moon 100% illuminated

Full Moon is the lunar phase on 18 September 2024, Wednesday. Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 100%. The 15 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.

* The exact date and time of this Full Moon phase is on 18 September 2024 at 02:34 UTC.

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Moon phase and lunation details

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. It is visible all night and it is high in the sky around midnight.

Moon is entering ♈ Aries

Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"

Lunar disc appears visually 3.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1910".

It is Harvest Moon

The Full Moon this days is the Harvest of September 2024.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ after 6 days on 24 September 2024 at 18:50
  • New Moon in Libra ♎ after 14 days on 2 October 2024 at 18:49
  • First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ after 22 days on 10 October 2024 at 18:55
  • Full Moon in Aries ♈ after 28 days on 17 October 2024 at 11:26

Spring tide

There is high Full Moon ocean tide on this date. Combined Sun and Moon gravitational tidal force working on Earth is strong, because of the Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.

Lunation 305 / 1258

The Moon is 15 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 305 of Meeus index or 1258 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.7 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 54 minutes. It is 1 hour and 4 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).

Lunation length longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 10 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 53 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on 18 September 2024 Wednesday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠155.7°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠155.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠179.7°.

Moon at perigee

Moon is at perigee at 13:26. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 5 September 2024 at 14:55 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next apogee on 2 October 2024 at 19:40 in ♎ Libra.

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Distance to Moon 357 284 km

This perigee Moon is 357 284 km (222 006 mi) away from Earth. It is 5 224 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 13 072 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.

Moon in ascending node

Moon is in ascending node in ♓ Pisces at 19:51 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 2 October 2024 at 11:52 in ♎ Libra.

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New draconic month

At 19:51 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.

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Moon before northern standstill

6 days since the previous standstill on 12 September 2024 at 04:51 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.671°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.695° at the point of next northern standstill on 24 September 2024 at 17:04 in ♊ Gemini.

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Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy

The Moon is in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.

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What is the full moon schedule for 2024?

March 25, 2024 3:00 AM EDT (8:00 AM UTC) April 23, 2024 7:49 PM EDT (April 24, 2024 12:49 AM UTC) May 23, 2024 9:53 AM EDT (2:53 PM UTC) June 21, 2024 9:08 PM EDT (June 22, 2024 2:08 AM UTC)

Is there a full moon in September 2022?

September 10: The Full Harvest Moon The next full moon will be on Saturday morning, Sept. 10, 2022, at 5:59 a.m. EDT. The Moon will appear full for about three days from Thursday evening to Sunday morning.

What date is the full moon in September?

The next full Moon will occur on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 11:08 PM EST, and is known as the Cold Moon. ... When is the Next Full Moon?.

What does the full moon in September mean?

Astrologer Anya of Ask the Answer says September's harvest moon will have the signs feeling a little uneasy, but it does offer an opportunity for a fresh start. "This particular moon's closeness to the autumnal equinox means that it's symbolic of new beginnings and a door to spiritual awareness," Anya tells POPSUGAR.