Mu Capricorni is a solitary, yellow-white hued star in the southern constellation of Capricornus. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from μ Capricorni, and abbreviated Mu Cap or μ Cap. The star is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.08. Based upon an annual parallax shift of as seen from the Earth, the star is located at a distance of from the Sun. It is drifting closer with a line of sight velocity of −21.5 km/s. The proximity of this star to the ecliptic means it is subject to lunar occultation.
This is an ordinary F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F2 V, which indicates it is generating energy through hydrogen thermonuclear fusion at its core. It is an estimated 1.8 billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 69 km/s. The star has 1.44 times the mass of the Sun and 1.72 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 5.56 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,755 K.
In Chinese, (), meaning Crying, refers to an asterism consisting of μ Capricorni and 38 Aquarii. 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, . Consequently, the Chinese name for μ Capricorni itself is (, .). AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 5 日 From this Chinese name, the name Kuh has appeared.
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