New
Moon* ♒ Aquarius
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 ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 26 January 2009 at 07:55 UTC.
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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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♒ Aquarius later.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1776" and ∠1949".
Snow Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2009 after 15 days on 9 February 2009 at 14:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 26 January 2009 at 07:55
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 2 February 2009 at 23:13
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 9 February 2009 at 14:49
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 February 2009 at 21:37
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 111 / 1064
At 12:22 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 111 of Meeus index or 1064 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 33 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2009. It is 1 hour and 53 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 6 hours and 49 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 14 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠186.6°
The true anomaly is ∠186.6°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠213.2°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 23 January 2009 at 00:11 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 7 February 2009 at 20:08 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 403 480 km
The Moon is 403 480 km (250 711 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 487 km (224 618 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after descending node on 12 January 2009 at 08:34 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 26 January 2009 at 13:27 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
26 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 southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 22 January 2009 at 14:02 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.081°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.083° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 February 2009 at 14:55 in ♊ Gemini.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
