New
Moon ♊ Gemini
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 20 May 2012 at 23:47 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Wednesday Wed
Thursday Thu
Friday Fri
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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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1896".
Strawberry Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2012 after 14 days on 4 June 2012 at 11:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 28 May 2012 at 20:16
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 June 2012 at 11:12
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 11 June 2012 at 10:41
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 19 June 2012 at 15:02
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 153 / 1106
At 23:47 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 153 of Meeus index or 1106 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 15 minutes. 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 2 hours and 31 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 32 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠191.8°
The true anomaly is ∠191.8°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠217.1°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 19 May 2012 at 16:13 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 3 June 2012 at 13:19 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 405 327 km
The Moon is 405 327 km (251 859 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 14 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 483 km (222 751 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after ascending node on 7 May 2012 at 09:43 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 21 May 2012 at 09:21 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 8 May 2012 at 06:18 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.719°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠21.709° at the point of next northern standstill on 22 May 2012 at 11:13 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.
