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Moon ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 97% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 97% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 10 July 2046 at 19:53.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the afternoon and sets after midnight to early morning. It is visible to the southeast in early evening and it is up for most of the night.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1854"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1854" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2046 after 1 day on 18 July 2046 at 00:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 18 July 2046 at 00:55
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 26 July 2046 at 03:19
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 2 August 2046 at 10:25
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 9 August 2046 at 01:15
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 575 / 1528
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 575 of Meeus index or 1528 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 47 minutes. It is 47 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠304.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠304.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠328°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 7 July 2046 at 18:06 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 23 July 2046 at 10:37 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 386 668 km
The Moon is 386 668 km (240 264 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 859 km (251 568 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 5 July 2046 at 15:30 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 18 July 2046 at 17:49 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 15 July 2046 at 09:24 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.722°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 13 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.730° at the point of next northern standstill on 29 July 2046 at 22:44 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 18 July 2046 at 00:55 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
