Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Full Moon

100% illuminated, 14.77 days into the cycle, travelling through Capricorn at 29.3°.

PhaseFull Moon
Illumination100%
Age of the Moon14.77 days
Moon signCapricorn
Ecliptic longitude299.3°

The lunar cycle runs 29.53 days from new moon to new moon. The figures above are computed from a known new moon and the length of that cycle, so they update themselves and can be checked against any astronomical almanac.

The Moon's sign uses mean motion, accurate to roughly half a day at sign boundaries. Fine for a calendar, not precise enough for a natal chart.

Next 30 days

DatePhaseLitMoon in
Wed 29 Jul · today Full Moon 100% Capricorn
Thu 30 Jul Waning Gibbous 99% Aquarius
Fri 31 Jul Waning Gibbous 96% Aquarius
Sat 1 Aug Waning Gibbous 90% Pisces
Sun 2 Aug Waning Gibbous 83% Pisces
Mon 3 Aug Waning Gibbous 74% Aries
Tue 4 Aug Waning Gibbous 64% Aries
Wed 5 Aug Last Quarter 54% Taurus
Thu 6 Aug Last Quarter 43% Taurus
Fri 7 Aug Waning Crescent 33% Taurus
Sat 8 Aug Waning Crescent 23% Gemini
Sun 9 Aug Waning Crescent 15% Gemini
Mon 10 Aug Waning Crescent 8% Cancer
Tue 11 Aug Waning Crescent 3% Cancer
Wed 12 Aug New Moon 1% Leo
Thu 13 Aug New Moon 0% Leo
Fri 14 Aug Waxing Crescent 2% Virgo
Sat 15 Aug Waxing Crescent 6% Virgo
Sun 16 Aug Waxing Crescent 11% Virgo
Mon 17 Aug Waxing Crescent 19% Libra
Tue 18 Aug Waxing Crescent 28% Libra
Wed 19 Aug Waxing Crescent 38% Scorpio
Thu 20 Aug First Quarter 49% Scorpio
Fri 21 Aug First Quarter 59% Sagittarius
Sat 22 Aug Waxing Gibbous 69% Sagittarius
Sun 23 Aug Waxing Gibbous 79% Sagittarius
Mon 24 Aug Waxing Gibbous 87% Capricorn
Tue 25 Aug Waxing Gibbous 93% Capricorn
Wed 26 Aug Waxing Gibbous 97% Aquarius
Thu 27 Aug Full Moon 100% Aquarius

Timing by phase

Haircut There is no evidence that lunar phase affects hair growth. Hair grows roughly 1.25 cm a mo… Gardening This is the one lunar practice with a plausible mechanism — moonlight does affect some pla… Beauty treatments Folk practice. The logic is symbolic — adding while the Moon fills, removing while it empt… Weddings Widely observed across European folk custom, and echoed in the Hindu and Chinese calendars… Business and money The new moon is conventionally used for setting intentions and the full moon for reviewing… Surgery and healing Studies looking for a lunar effect on surgical bleeding and complications have found none.…

The eight phases

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent. The quarters are the halfway points — a "quarter moon" looks half lit, because it is a quarter of the way through the cycle rather than a quarter illuminated.

Two different months

The synodic month — new moon to new moon — is 29.53 days. The sidereal month, the time the Moon takes to return to the same position against the stars, is 27.32. The difference exists because the Earth moves around the Sun while the Moon circles the Earth, so the Moon has to travel slightly further to catch up with the same phase.

Both numbers are used here: the phase comes from the synodic month, the Moon's sign from the sidereal one.