Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 20 September 2017 at 05:30 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1857" and ∠1911".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2017 after 15 days on 5 October 2017 at 18:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 28 September 2017 at 02:54
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 5 October 2017 at 18:40
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 12 October 2017 at 12:25
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 19 October 2017 at 19:12
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 219 / 1172
At 05:30 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 219 of Meeus index or 1172 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 42 minutes. It is 2 hours and 48 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 58 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 5 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠79°
The true anomaly is ∠79°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠114.6°.
Moon before perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 13 September 2017 at 16:04 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 27 September 2017 at 06:49 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 385 880 km
The Moon is 385 880 km (239 775 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 342 km (251 246 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 17 September 2017 at 18:28 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 2 October 2017 at 02:05 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 14 September 2017 at 13:00 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.438°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.516° at the point of next southern standstill on 28 September 2017 at 10:06 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.
