New
Moon* ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
New Moon
New Moon is the lunar phase on . Surface of the Moon disc is not illuminated. The 1 day young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 23 February 2001 at 08:21 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.
Moon in ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1939".
Worm Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2001 after 15 days on 9 March 2001 at 17:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 February 2001 at 08:21
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 3 March 2001 at 02:03
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 9 March 2001 at 17:23
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 March 2001 at 20:45
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.
New lunation 13 / 966
At 13:07 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 13 of Meeus index or 966 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.8 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 14 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2001. It is 2 hours and 14 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 7 hours and 1 minute longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 33 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠177.9°
The true anomaly is ∠177.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠202.8°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 20 February 2001 at 21:38 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 8 March 2001 at 08:55 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 404 745 km
The Moon is 404 745 km (251 497 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 779 km (223 556 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 19 February 2001 at 02:52 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 March 2001 at 07:23 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 18 February 2001 at 21:27 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.648°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.756° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 March 2001 at 04:32 in ♋ Cancer.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
