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

New Moon in Aquarius

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 19 February 2072 at 02:03 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 ♒ Aquarius

Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.

Worm Moon after 15 days

Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2072 after 15 days on 4 March 2072 at 15:17.

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 ∠1941".

New lunation 891 / 1844

At 06:35 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 891 of Meeus index or lunation 1844 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.81 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 29 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2072. It is 1 hour and 11 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 6 hours and 44 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 18 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠166.3°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠166.3° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠190.8°.

Moon after apogee

1 day since point of apogee on 17 February 2072 at 20:18 in ♒ Aquarius the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 3 March 2072 at 18:40 in ♌ Leo.

Distance to Moon 405 427 km

The Moon is 405 427 km (251 921 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 14 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 074 km (222 497 mi).

Moon before descending node

12 days after ascending node on 6 February 2072 at 10:25 in ♍ Virgo the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 20 February 2072 at 15:17 in ♓ Pisces.

Moon after southern standstill

4 days since the last southern standstill on 14 February 2072 at 06:42 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.318° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.278° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 February 2072 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini.

Draconic month

12 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♍ Virgo 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