New
Moon* ♎ 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 1 day young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 11 October 2007 at 05:01 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Sunday Sun
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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 ∠9° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1781" and ∠1922".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2007 after 15 days on 26 October 2007 at 04:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 11 October 2007 at 05:01
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 19 October 2007 at 08:33
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 26 October 2007 at 04:52
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 1 November 2007 at 21:18
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 95 / 1048
At 12:44 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 95 of Meeus index or 1048 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 16 minutes. It is 1 hour and 46 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 3 hours and 32 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 31 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠131.4°
The true anomaly is ∠131.4°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠159.5°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 28 September 2007 at 01:53 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 October 2007 at 09:53 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 402 415 km
The Moon is 402 415 km (250 049 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 491 km (252 582 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 7 October 2007 at 20:03 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 October 2007 at 09:02 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 2 October 2007 at 10:23 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.296°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.194° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 October 2007 at 23:14 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.
