Waxing
Gibbous ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 58% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 58% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 18 September 2083 at 18:56 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight. It is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1962"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1962" and ∠1911".
Harvest Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2083 after 6 days on 25 September 2083 at 23:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 25 September 2083 at 23:25
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 4 October 2083 at 01:07
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 11 October 2083 at 10:23
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 18 October 2083 at 01:54
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 1035 / 1988
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1035 of Meeus index or 1988 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 16 minutes. It is 24 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 2 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠299.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠299.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠325°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 16 September 2083 at 04:05 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 1 October 2083 at 17:48 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 365 305 km
The Moon is 365 305 km (226 990 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 806 km (251 535 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 8 September 2083 at 21:09 in ♌ Leo. 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 21 September 2083 at 18:27 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
24 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 18 September 2083 at 12:28 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.778°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.664° at the point of next northern standstill on 2 October 2083 at 11:05 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 25 September 2083 at 23:25 in ♓ Pisces 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.
