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

New Moon in Gemini

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 29 May 2090 at 07:29 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 ♊ Gemini

Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.

Strawberry Moon after 13 days

Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2090 after 13 days on 12 June 2090 at 05:18.

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 ∠1868" and ∠1893".

New lunation 1118 / 2071

At 07:29 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1118 of Meeus index or lunation 2071 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.4 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 42 minutes. It is 1 hour and 34 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 3 hours and 2 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 7 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠280.8°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠280.8° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠310°.

Moon before perigee

7 days since point of apogee on 22 May 2090 at 05:49 in ♓ Pisces the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 4 June 2090 at 21:08 in ♍ Virgo.

Distance to Moon 383 704 km

The Moon is 383 704 km (238 423 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 767 km (229 763 mi).

Moon after descending node

5 days after descending node on 23 May 2090 at 16:27 in ♓ Pisces the Moon is positioned south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from South to North in ascending node on 6 June 2090 at 01:10 in ♍ Virgo.

Moon before northern standstill

12 days since the last southern standstill on 16 May 2090 at 12:41 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.355° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠18.414° at the point of next northern standstill on 30 May 2090 at 23:17 in ♊ Gemini.

Draconic month

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