Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 25 July 2006 at 04:31 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1797" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2006 after 14 days on 9 August 2006 at 10:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 2 August 2006 at 08:46
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 9 August 2006 at 10:54
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 16 August 2006 at 01:51
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 23 August 2006 at 19:10
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 81 / 1034
At 04:31 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 81 of Meeus index or 1034 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 39 minutes. It is 1 hour and 56 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 55 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 8 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠131.2°
The true anomaly is ∠131.2°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠158.8°.
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of perigee on 13 July 2006 at 17:35 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 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 29 July 2006 at 13:02 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 398 929 km
The Moon is 398 929 km (247 883 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 405 km (251 907 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 15 July 2006 at 20:25 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 29 July 2006 at 16:58 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 22 July 2006 at 14:34 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.515°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.594° at the point of next southern standstill on 6 August 2006 at 04:11 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
