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Moon* ♑ Capricorn
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 14 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 8 July 2011 at 06:29.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1871"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1871" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2011 after 1 day on 15 July 2011 at 06:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 15 July 2011 at 06:40
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 23 July 2011 at 05:02
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 30 July 2011 at 18:40
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 6 August 2011 at 11:08
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 142 / 1095
The Moon is 14 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 142 of Meeus index or 1095 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 142 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 46 minutes. It is 1 hour and 22 minutes longer than next lunation 143 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 58 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 11 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠283.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠283.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠312.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 7 July 2011 at 14:04 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 21 July 2011 at 22:46 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 383 199 km
Moon is 383 199 km (238 109 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 358 km (251 256 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 13 July 2011 at 02:27 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 27 July 2011 at 12:03 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 12 July 2011 at 16:51 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.383°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.333° in the next northern standstill on 27 July 2011 at 03:02 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 15 July 2011 at 06:40 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.