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

New Moon in Cancer

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

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 22 July 2047 at 22:49 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 ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Sturgeon Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2047 after 14 days on 5 August 2047 at 20:38.

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 ∠1845" and ∠1889".

New lunation 588 / 1541

At 22:49 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 588 of Meeus index or lunation 1541 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.44 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 27 minutes. It is 1 hour and 12 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit 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 17 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 52 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠274.9°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠274.9° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠306.1°.

Moon after apogee

6 days since point of apogee on 16 July 2047 at 03:57 in ♉ Taurus the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 30 July 2047 at 09:01 in ♏ Scorpio.

Distance to Moon 388 396 km

The Moon is 388 396 km (241 338 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 644 km (229 686 mi).

Moon after descending node

1 day after descending node on 21 July 2047 at 20:52 in ♋ Cancer the Moon is positioned south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from South to North in ascending node on 3 August 2047 at 19:59 in ♑ Capricorn.

Moon after northern standstill

2 days since the last northern standstill on 19 July 2047 at 18:19 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.339° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.317° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 August 2047 at 22:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Draconic month

15 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♑ Capricorn 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