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Quarter* ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 43% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 43% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 6 October 2021 at 11:05.
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 ∠11° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1958"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1958" and ∠1923".
Hunter Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2021 after 8 days on 20 October 2021 at 14:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 October 2021 at 03:25
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 20 October 2021 at 14:57
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 28 October 2021 at 20:05
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 4 November 2021 at 21:15
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 269 / 1222
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 269 of Meeus index or 1222 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 9 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2021. It is 19 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 35 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 34 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠323.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠323.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠342.3°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 8 October 2021 at 17:28 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 24 October 2021 at 15:30 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 366 112 km
The Moon is 366 112 km (227 491 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 616 km (252 038 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 9 October 2021 at 19:35 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 October 2021 at 11:47 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 09:09 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-26.204°. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠26.291° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 26 October 2021 at 16:04.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 20 October 2021 at 14:57 in ♈ Aries the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
