Waxing
Crescent ♋ 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 less than 1 day young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 4 July 2016 at 11:01 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 ∠13° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1908" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2016 after 15 days on 19 July 2016 at 22:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 12 July 2016 at 00:52
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 19 July 2016 at 22:57
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 26 July 2016 at 23:00
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 2 August 2016 at 20:45
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 204 / 1157
At 11:01 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 204 of Meeus index or 1157 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 44 minutes. It is 2 hours and 35 minutes shorter 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 1 minute shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 9 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠48.9°
The true anomaly is ∠48.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠77.9°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 1 July 2016 at 06:45 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 July 2016 at 05:24 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 375 576 km
The Moon is 375 576 km (233 372 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 272 km (251 203 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 26 June 2016 at 05:28 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 9 July 2016 at 01:41 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, 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 3 July 2016 at 20:06 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.598°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 13 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.569° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 July 2016 at 03:41 in ♑ Capricorn.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
