New Moon
New MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

New Moon in Taurus

New Moon on . Illuminated surface of the Moon is 0%. Lunar cycle is less than 1 day young.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 11 May 2040 at 03:28 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.

Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♉ Taurus

Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.

Flower Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2040 after 14 days on 26 May 2040 at 11:47.

Spring tide

There is high New Moon ocean tide on this date. Combined Sun and Moon gravitational tidal force working on Earth is strong, because of the Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1805" and ∠1899".

New lunation 499 / 1452

At 03:28 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 499 of Meeus index or lunation 1452 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.61 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 35 minutes. It is 37 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).

Lunation length longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 51 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 12 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠122.1°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠122.1° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠152°.

Moon before apogee

11 days since point of perigee on 30 April 2040 at 04:22 in ♐ Sagittarius the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 May 2040 at 01:01 in ♋ Cancer.

Distance to Moon 397 176 km

The Moon is 397 176 km (246 794 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 171 km (251 762 mi).

Moon before ascending node

12 days after descending node on 28 April 2040 at 22:56 in ♏ Scorpio the Moon is positioned south of the ecliptic over the following day until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from South to North in ascending node on 12 May 2040 at 04:05 in ♊ Gemini.

Moon before northern standstill

10 days since the last southern standstill on 1 May 2040 at 10:16 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.155° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.185° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 May 2040 at 03:53 in ♋ Cancer.

Draconic month

26 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♉ Taurus the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the lunar cycle.

Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov