New
Moon* ♋ Cancer
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 ♋ Cancer.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 8 July 2013 at 07:14 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 in ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2013 after 15 days on 22 July 2013 at 18:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 8 July 2013 at 07:14
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 16 July 2013 at 03:18
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 22 July 2013 at 18:15
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 29 July 2013 at 17:43
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 166 / 1119
At 15:56 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 166 of Meeus index or 1119 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 18 minutes. It is 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 2 hours and 34 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 29 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠168.8°
The true anomaly is ∠168.8°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠191.6°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 00:36. It is 13 days after previous perigee on 23 June 2013 at 11:09 in ♑ Capricorn. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next perigee on 21 July 2013 at 20:27 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 406 493 km
This apogee Moon is 406 493 km (252 583 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's farthest apogee of 2013. It is 1 085 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 216 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 3 July 2013 at 04:15 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 17 July 2013 at 14:58 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 6 July 2013 at 02:09 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠20.170°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.097° at the point of next southern standstill on 20 July 2013 at 03:12 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.
