Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 1 December 2005 at 15:01 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1895" and ∠1946".
Cold Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2005 after 14 days on 15 December 2005 at 16:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 8 December 2005 at 09:36
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 15 December 2005 at 16:16
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 23 December 2005 at 19:36
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 31 December 2005 at 03:12
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.
New lunation 73 / 1026
At 15:01 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 73 of Meeus index or 1026 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 11 minutes. It is 1 hour and 8 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 33 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 36 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠306.3°
The true anomaly is ∠306.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠329.9°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 23 November 2005 at 06:17 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 5 December 2005 at 04:32 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 378 206 km
The Moon is 378 206 km (235 006 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 365 km (228 270 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 27 November 2005 at 07:13 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 10 December 2005 at 04:50 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
18 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 southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 18 November 2005 at 23:39 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.471°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-28.415° at the point of next southern standstill on 3 December 2005 at 04:51 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.
