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Quarter* ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 41% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 41% and growing larger. The 6 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 16 October 2031 at 08:21.
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 ∠18° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1928".
Hunter Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2031 after 7 days on 30 October 2031 at 07:33.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 23 October 2031 at 07:36
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 30 October 2031 at 07:33
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 7 November 2031 at 07:02
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 14 November 2031 at 21:10
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 393 / 1346
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 393 of Meeus index or 1346 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 49 minutes. It is 53 minutes longer 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 58 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠281.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠281.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠312.6°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 20:06. It is 13 days after previous apogee on 9 October 2031 at 06:23 in ♋ Cancer. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next apogee on 6 November 2031 at 02:45 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 370 022 km
This perigee Moon is 370 022 km (229 921 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's farthest perigee of 2031. It is 7 514 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 334 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 18 October 2031 at 06:54 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 31 October 2031 at 06:09 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 20 October 2031 at 11:06 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.359°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.333° at the point of next northern standstill on 2 November 2031 at 15:55 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 30 October 2031 at 07:33 in ♉ Taurus 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.
