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Quarter* ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 39% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 39% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 16 October 2020 at 19:31.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1894"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1894" and ∠1929".
Hunter Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2020 after 9 days on 31 October 2020 at 14:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 23 October 2020 at 13:23
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 31 October 2020 at 14:49
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 8 November 2020 at 13:46
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 15 November 2020 at 05:07
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 257 / 1210
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 257 of Meeus index or 1210 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
Length of current 257 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 36 minutes. It is 1 hour and 33 minutes shorter than next lunation 258 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 8 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 1 minute longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠357°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠357°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠12.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 16 October 2020 at 23:46 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 30 October 2020 at 18:46 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 378 413 km
Moon is 378 413 km (235 135 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 393 km (252 521 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 20 October 2020 at 15:53 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 4 November 2020 at 02:39 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 02:00 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-24.708°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠24.813° in its northern standstill point on 5 November 2020 at 19:30 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 31 October 2020 at 14:49 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.