New
Moon ♌ Leo
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 2 August 2016 at 20:45 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 in ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1874" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2016 after 15 days on 18 August 2016 at 09:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 10 August 2016 at 18:21
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 18 August 2016 at 09:27
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 25 August 2016 at 03:41
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 1 September 2016 at 09:03
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 205 / 1158
At 20:45 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 205 of Meeus index or 1158 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 19 minutes. It is 2 hours and 49 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 25 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 44 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠77.9°
The true anomaly is ∠77.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠112.8°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 27 July 2016 at 11:25 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 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 10 August 2016 at 00:05 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 382 484 km
The Moon is 382 484 km (237 665 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 266 km (251 199 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 23 July 2016 at 07:49 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 August 2016 at 07:48 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
24 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
2 days since the previous standstill on 31 July 2016 at 04:53 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.529°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.481° at the point of next southern standstill on 14 August 2016 at 13:05 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.
