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

New Moon in Sagittarius

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 7 December 2075 at 23:03 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 ♐ Sagittarius

Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.

Cold Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2075 after 14 days on 22 December 2075 at 08:48.

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 ∠1945" and ∠1948".

New lunation 939 / 1892

At 23:03 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 939 of Meeus index or lunation 1892 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.47 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 11 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2075. It is 24 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 1 hour and 33 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 36 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠337.3°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠337.3° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠354°.

Moon before perigee

10 days since point of apogee on 27 November 2075 at 06:17 in ♋ Cancer the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 9 December 2075 at 07:28 in ♑ Capricorn.

Distance to Moon 368 583 km

The Moon is 368 583 km (229 027 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 912 km (223 639 mi).

Moon before descending node

11 days after ascending node on 25 November 2075 at 12:09 in ♋ Cancer 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 9 December 2075 at 06:27 in ♑ Capricorn.

Moon before southern standstill

11 days since the last northern standstill on 26 November 2075 at 00:59 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.487° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.506° at the point of next southern standstill on 9 December 2075 at 16:59 in ♑ Capricorn.

Draconic month

11 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♋ Cancer 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