New
Moon ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
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New Moon
New Moon is the lunar phase on . Surface of the Moon disc is not illuminated. The 1 day young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 8 April 2005 at 20:32 UTC.
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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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1895" and ∠1916".
Pink Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2005 after 15 days on 24 April 2005 at 10:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 16 April 2005 at 14:37
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 24 April 2005 at 10:06
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 1 May 2005 at 06:24
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 8 May 2005 at 08:45
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 65 / 1018
At 20:32 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 65 of Meeus index or 1018 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 13 minutes. It is 57 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the 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 31 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 38 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠62.3°
The true anomaly is ∠62.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠96.6°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 4 April 2005 at 11:10 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 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 April 2005 at 18:41 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 378 252 km
The Moon is 378 252 km (235 035 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 304 km (251 223 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 27 March 2005 at 05:15 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 9 April 2005 at 02:59 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 1 April 2005 at 10:19 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.372°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.381° at the point of next northern standstill on 14 April 2005 at 16:38 in ♊ Gemini.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
