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

New Moon in Cancer

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 July 2100 at 12:06 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 ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Buck Moon after 13 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2100 after 13 days on 21 July 2100 at 10:12.

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 ∠1839" and ∠1887".

New lunation 1243 / 2196

At 12:06 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1243 of Meeus index or lunation 2196 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.45 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 55 minutes. It is 1 hour and 7 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 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠261°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠261° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠294.6°.

Moon after apogee

6 days since point of apogee on 1 July 2100 at 09:51 in ♉ Taurus the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 16 July 2100 at 14:15 in ♏ Scorpio.

Distance to Moon 389 851 km

The Moon is 389 851 km (242 242 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 737 km (229 123 mi).

Moon before descending node

10 days after ascending node on 27 June 2100 at 05:37 in ♓ Pisces the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 11 July 2100 at 12:42 in ♍ Virgo.

Moon after northern standstill

1 day since the last northern standstill on 6 July 2100 at 01:14 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.198° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.246° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 July 2100 at 03:02 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Draconic month

10 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♓ Pisces 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