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Quarter* ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 36% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 36% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 24 September 2014 at 06:14.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1918"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1918" and ∠1916".
Hunter Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2014 after 7 days on 8 October 2014 at 10:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 1 October 2014 at 19:33
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 8 October 2014 at 10:51
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 15 October 2014 at 19:12
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 23 October 2014 at 21:57
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 182 / 1135
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 182 of Meeus index or 1135 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
Length of current 182 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 43 minutes. It is 1 hour and 7 minutes longer than next lunation 183 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 59 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 4 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠218.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠218.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠252.3°. 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 before perigee
9 days after point of apogee on 20 September 2014 at 14:22 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 October 2014 at 09:41 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 373 754 km
Moon is 373 754 km (232 240 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 481 km (225 235 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 25 September 2014 at 17:41 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 8 October 2014 at 17:44 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 19:29 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-18.528°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2014. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠18.517° in its northern standstill point on 13 October 2014 at 13:34 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 8 October 2014 at 10:51 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.