Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
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 ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 20 March 2015 at 09:36 UTC.
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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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1927".
Pink Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2015 after 15 days on 4 April 2015 at 12:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 March 2015 at 07:43
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 4 April 2015 at 12:06
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 12 April 2015 at 03:44
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 18 April 2015 at 18:57
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 188 / 1141
At 09:36 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 188 of Meeus index or 1141 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 21 minutes. It is 5 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 23 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 46 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠9.9°
The true anomaly is ∠9.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠27.1°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 19 March 2015 at 19:38 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 1 April 2015 at 12:59 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 364 222 km
The Moon is 364 222 km (226 317 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 012 km (252 284 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 7 March 2015 at 21:04 in ♎ Libra. 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 March 2015 at 02:19 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 14 March 2015 at 01:39 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.262°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.241° at the point of next northern standstill on 26 March 2015 at 14:29 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.
