Can be controlling and status seeking, even calculatingly narcissistic....then again thats my take with having a Cancer moon...my mom had a Scorpio moon and she was very manipulative and deceitful - to others & self-deluding to herself, as well...though she wasn't vicious just afraid so she sought to head off her insecurities by being sneaky...she wasn't a candid person....Capricorn moons are also controlling but overtly so, from what I've experienced, in men and women...

My mother had a Capricorn Moon.

She wasn't overly demonstrative, but I think this might have been as much due to her Moon (opposite Pluto) as to her upbringing. She had a harsh mother who herself had been brought up harshly... This was "long ago", smooching kids, touchy-feely  and emotional expression weren't like today. Also it might've been due to social status although being from modest backgroung (her case) is not necessarily a reason. In her family life was not a bowl of cherries.

I didn't feel very close to her, in fact, as I look back I think I was scared of her. She could be unpredicatble & we (my father, brother & I) were always tip-toeing around, afraid to set off some outburst. (She had Mars opp Neptune, if this can explain that?)

I was never able to share anything personal with her. She was sort of off-limits, someone I couldn't get close to.

I spent my time trying to avoid her. Once I tried to hug & kiss her & she pushed me away with disdain "No apple-licking!". (This is a negative and ironic French expression for kissing). That really shocked me! After that, well... I  was wary to show affection. This somewhat spoils spontaneity. 

But, she was practical about things, for my good - paid for orthodontics (I never asked for), a driver's licence (ditto) and getting education. She intended well but it was rather technical. But I am grateful for the intentions and studying beyond high school instead of having to get some menial job.

Then again she could show signs of thoughtful kindness, she'd buy little things she thought (rightly so) I might like. She had kind acts to express what she couldn't express otherwise, I think. Her emotions were held in check, very reserved. One exception: boy, she could blow up & rant & rave and be pretty mean. But I think this an angry Mars, not her reserved Moon.

She is no longer here, and I'm sorry that our relationship was "two ships passing in the night" style, but over a long passage of time. I was never able to patch things up with her, she left quite suddenly. I'm very sad to be left with that feeling.

So, if you think you can fix things with your mother, do it while she's still around!

And maybe try to get emotional support elswhere..?

Mothers are like everyone else, they're not perfect! So be clement - unless she's a dangerous psychopath, which is another story.

It's always good to look at the chart altogether, when it's a specific person.  Maybe you'd like to post a synastry chart of the two of you?

My mother has Moon in Capricorn.  She has always been respectful ()  of our feelings, moods, and the individual needs () of all of her family.  Mostly...  As Satsun said, nobody is perfect, mothers included.  As a child, and since then, I've known that my mother put serious () attention to being our mother (personized to each child) as best she could ().  She sees motherhood as an important () part of her vocation.  In fact, as a young woman she briefly thought of becoming a nun (she was a teacher, already).  The Mother Superior () at the convent had fine insight (prayer helps that, btw) and said she felt that my mother's calling was rather to have children.  This struck a chord for my mother - which is how she decided that this shocking message was right. (  conjunction, natally)

I know two other Capricorn Moons (the ones I know closely).  They're similarly serious about family...  Something else, they're all good at cheering people up by provoking shared laughter in difficult circumstances.

my mother is a capricorn moon and one word i would describe her:  Sacrifice.

she made many sacrifices for the family and for herself. forgoing any selfishness that she would for herself. overtly martyrdom type. But very good mother /very loving, but at the same time hard for her pull out her emotional side. Her emotional side would come out more Aries, in the past, the me me me woe is me and you need to see that i did so much for you.. I think after having children who are Pisces dominant/Virgo dominant, it helps her mirror and see herself or rather pull out her more service/emotional caring loving side. And she doesn't need to tell us what she did for us anymore because we dont need to hear it, but already see it.