New
Moon ♍ Virgo
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 ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 30 August 2008 at 19:58 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 is entering ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1892" and ∠1901".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2008 after 15 days on 15 September 2008 at 09:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 7 September 2008 at 14:04
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 15 September 2008 at 09:13
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 22 September 2008 at 05:04
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 29 September 2008 at 08:12
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 107 / 1060
At 19:58 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 107 of Meeus index or 1060 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 14 minutes. It is 2 hours and 48 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 30 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 39 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠64.9°
The true anomaly is ∠64.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠98.7°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 26 August 2008 at 03:44 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 7 September 2008 at 14:58 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 378 833 km
The Moon is 378 833 km (235 396 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 210 km (251 164 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 29 August 2008 at 10:30 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 12 September 2008 at 18:24 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 25 August 2008 at 13:03 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.596°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.550° at the point of next southern standstill on 8 September 2008 at 06:13 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.
