New
Moon ♐ 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 9 December 2007 at 17:40 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 ∠14° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1780" and ∠1948".
Cold Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2007 after 14 days on 24 December 2007 at 01:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 17 December 2007 at 10:17
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 24 December 2007 at 01:16
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 31 December 2007 at 07:51
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 8 January 2008 at 11:37
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 98 / 1051
At 17:40 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 98 of Meeus index or 1051 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 50 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 13 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 50 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠209.6°
The true anomaly is ∠209.6°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠242.4°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 6 December 2007 at 16:54 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 22 December 2007 at 10:11 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 402 766 km
The Moon is 402 766 km (250 267 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 817 km (224 201 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 30 November 2007 at 23:09 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 15 December 2007 at 13:15 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
20 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
13 days since the previous standstill on 26 November 2007 at 03:58 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.958°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-27.906° at the point of next southern standstill on 10 December 2007 at 09:41 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.
