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

New Moon in Gemini

New Moon on . The 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 11 June 2048 at 12:50 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

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

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♊ Gemini

Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.

Strawberry Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2048 after 14 days on 26 June 2048 at 02:08.

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 ∠1768" and ∠1889".

New lunation 599 / 1552

At 12:50 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 599 of Meeus index or lunation 1552 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.63 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 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 longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 30 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 33 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠186.1°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠186.1° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠210.3°.

Moon after apogee

1 day since point of apogee on 10 June 2048 at 20:20 in ♊ Gemini the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 25 June 2048 at 09:51 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Distance to Moon 405 370 km

The Moon is 405 370 km (251 885 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 914 km (222 397 mi).

Moon before descending node

13 days after ascending node on 29 May 2048 at 03:20 in ♐ Sagittarius the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following day until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 12 June 2048 at 01:40 in ♊ Gemini.

Moon at northern standstill

At 06:28 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠23.745°. Over the upcoming 13 days the lunar orbit is going to tilt southward to face maximum declination of ∠-23.752° at the point of next southern standstill in ♐ Sagittarius on 24 June 2048 at 23:22.

Draconic month

13 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first 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