Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 25 April 2009 at 03:23 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Wednesday Wed
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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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1918" and ∠1907".
Flower Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2009 after 13 days on 9 May 2009 at 04:01.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 1 May 2009 at 20:44
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 9 May 2009 at 04:01
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 17 May 2009 at 07:26
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 24 May 2009 at 12:11
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 115 / 1068
At 03:23 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 115 of Meeus index or 1068 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 48 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 56 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 13 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠311.7°
The true anomaly is ∠311.7°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠332.7°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 16 April 2009 at 09:15 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 April 2009 at 06:26 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 373 769 km
The Moon is 373 769 km (232 249 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 042 km (227 448 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 18 April 2009 at 05:19 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 1 May 2009 at 07:50 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
7 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 before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 14 April 2009 at 13:02 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.665°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.567° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 April 2009 at 08:50 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.
