Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
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 ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 14 February 2010 at 02:51 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1943".
Snow Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2010 after 14 days on 28 February 2010 at 16:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 22 February 2010 at 00:42
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 28 February 2010 at 16:38
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 7 March 2010 at 15:42
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 15 March 2010 at 21:01
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 125 / 1078
At 02:51 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 125 of Meeus index or 1078 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 10 minutes. It is 2 hours and 42 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 26 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠188.9°
The true anomaly is ∠188.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠215.2°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 13 February 2010 at 02:06 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 27 February 2010 at 21:40 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 404 782 km
The Moon is 404 782 km (251 520 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 832 km (222 346 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 11 February 2010 at 04:58 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 25 February 2010 at 09:11 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 8 February 2010 at 14:27 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-25.749°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠25.657° at the point of next northern standstill on 23 February 2010 at 06:00 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.
