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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 ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 23 September 2071 at 17:21.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1784"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1784" and ∠1916".
Hunter Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2071 after 8 days on 9 October 2071 at 05:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 1 October 2071 at 04:21
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 9 October 2071 at 05:23
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 16 October 2071 at 07:30
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 23 October 2071 at 04:49
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 887 / 1840
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 887 of Meeus index or 1840 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
Length of current 887 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 28 minutes. It is 2 hours and 42 minutes shorter than next lunation 888 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 16 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 53 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠40.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠40.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠67.5°. 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 before apogee
9 days after point of perigee on 21 September 2071 at 04:01 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 2 October 2071 at 23:37 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 401 880 km
Moon is 401 880 km (249 717 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 514 km (251 353 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after its ascending node on 23 September 2071 at 12:38 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 7 October 2071 at 19:30 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
6 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 13:52 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-18.146°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2071. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠18.195° in its northern standstill point on 14 October 2071 at 18:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 9 October 2071 at 05:23 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.