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

New Moon in Virgo

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 23 September 2090 at 17:03 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 ♍ Virgo

Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♎ Libra later.

Hunter Moon after 15 days

Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2090 after 15 days on 8 October 2090 at 15:54.

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 ∠1973" and ∠1913".

New lunation 1122 / 2075

At 17:03 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1122 of Meeus index or lunation 2075 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.38 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 6 minutes. It is 1 hour and 33 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).

Lunation length shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 38 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 31 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠3.8°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠3.8° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠19.7°.

Moon at perigee

Moon is at perigee at 11:39 about 13 days since last apogee on 9 September 2090 at 14:56 in ♓ Pisces the lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the upcoming 13 days until point of next apogee on 6 October 2090 at 16:44 in ♓ Pisces.

Distance to Moon 357 224 km

This perigee Moon is 357 224 km (221 969 mi) away from Earth. It is 5 284 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 13 132 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.

Moon in ascending node

Moon is in ascending node in ♍ Virgo at 00:57 crossing the ecliptic from South to North. Lunar position remains north of if for the upcoming 13 days until Moon's next descending node later on 6 October 2090 at 13:25 in ♓ Pisces.

Moon after northern standstill

5 days since the last northern standstill on 17 September 2090 at 14:20 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.226° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.246° at the point of next southern standstill on 30 September 2090 at 02:41 in ♑ Capricorn.

New draconic month

At 00:57 in the point ot ascending node the Moon is completing the last draconic month and is entering a new one while the lunar orbit is crossing the ecliptic from South to North.

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