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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 29 August 2011 at 03:04 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Tuesday Tue
Wednesday Wed
Thursday Thu
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Sunday Sun
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♍ Virgo later.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1935" and ∠1900".
Harvest Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2011 after 14 days on 12 September 2011 at 09:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 29 August 2011 at 03:04
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 September 2011 at 17:39
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 12 September 2011 at 09:27
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 20 September 2011 at 13:39
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 143 / 1096
At 18:40 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 143 of Meeus index or 1096 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 24 minutes. It is 19 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 4 hours and 20 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 49 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠312.1°
The true anomaly is ∠312.1°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠333.4°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 18 August 2011 at 16:23 in ♈ Aries. 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 30 August 2011 at 17:35 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 370 355 km
The Moon is 370 355 km (230 128 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 858 km (224 227 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 23 August 2011 at 17:23 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 September 2011 at 07:36 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, 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 23 August 2011 at 12:17 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.149°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.047° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 September 2011 at 05:01 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.
