Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
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 less than 1 day young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 26 September 2003 at 03:09 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1940" and ∠1914".
Hunter Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2003 after 13 days on 10 October 2003 at 07:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 2 October 2003 at 19:09
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 10 October 2003 at 07:27
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 18 October 2003 at 12:31
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 25 October 2003 at 12:50
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 46 / 999
At 03:09 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 46 of Meeus index or 999 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 41 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2003. It is 28 minutes shorter 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 3 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 6 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠325.5°
The true anomaly is ∠325.5°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠344°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 16 September 2003 at 09:22 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 September 2003 at 05:59 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 369 411 km
The Moon is 369 411 km (229 541 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 837 km (225 456 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 15 September 2003 at 23:28 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 29 September 2003 at 10:34 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 19 September 2003 at 19:56 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.874°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.963° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 October 2003 at 17:06 in ♑ Capricorn.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
