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Quarter* ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 40% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 40% 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 6 October 2040 at 05:26.
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 ∠8° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1964"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1964" and ∠1923".
Hunter Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2040 after 7 days on 20 October 2040 at 04:50.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 October 2040 at 08:41
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 20 October 2040 at 04:50
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 28 October 2040 at 00:27
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 4 November 2040 at 18:56
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 504 / 1457
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 504 of Meeus index or 1457 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 30 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 46 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 17 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠261.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠261.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠297°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 30 September 2040 at 02:50 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 15 October 2040 at 11:20 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 364 915 km
The Moon is 364 915 km (226 748 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 986 km (229 277 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 9 October 2040 at 08:33 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 October 2040 at 06:09 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 12:03 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-26.728°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠26.789° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 25 October 2040 at 18:35.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 20 October 2040 at 04:50 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.
