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

New Moon in Pisces

New Moon on . The 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 15 February 2094 at 05:43 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 is entering ♓ Pisces

Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.

Worm Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2094 after 14 days on 2 March 2094 at 07:35.

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 ∠1968" and ∠1942".

New lunation 1164 / 2117

At 05:43 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1164 of Meeus index or lunation 2117 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.42 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 1 minute. It is 8 minutes longer 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 2 hours and 43 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 26 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠7.9°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠7.9° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠24.6°.

Moon after perigee

1 day since point of perigee on 14 February 2094 at 18:39 in ♒ Aquarius the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 27 February 2094 at 15:03 in ♌ Leo.

Distance to Moon 364 164 km

The Moon is 364 164 km (226 281 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 118 km (252 350 mi).

Moon after descending node

2 days after descending node on 12 February 2094 at 12:56 in ♑ Capricorn the Moon is positioned south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from South to North in ascending node on 25 February 2094 at 12:58 in ♋ Cancer.

Moon after southern standstill

3 days since the last southern standstill on 12 February 2094 at 06:09 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.529° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.582° at the point of next northern standstill on 25 February 2094 at 05:34 in ♋ Cancer.

Draconic month

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