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 ♋ Cancer.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 3 July 2008 at 02:19 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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1952" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2008 after 14 days on 18 July 2008 at 07:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 10 July 2008 at 04:35
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 18 July 2008 at 07:59
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 25 July 2008 at 18:42
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 1 August 2008 at 10:13
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 105 / 1058
At 02:19 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 105 of Meeus index or 1058 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 54 minutes. It is 1 hour and 51 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 4 hours and 50 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 19 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠20.1°
The true anomaly is ∠20.1°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠39.2°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 1 July 2008 at 21:22 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 14 July 2008 at 04:13 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 367 290 km
The Moon is 367 290 km (228 223 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 452 km (251 936 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 22 June 2008 at 23:17 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 5 July 2008 at 15:53 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 1 July 2008 at 21:36 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.541°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.566° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 July 2008 at 15:03 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.
