Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 15 May 2018 at 11:48 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1927" and ∠1898".
Flower Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2018 after 14 days on 29 May 2018 at 14:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 22 May 2018 at 03:49
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 29 May 2018 at 14:20
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 6 June 2018 at 18:32
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 13 June 2018 at 19:43
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 227 / 1180
At 11:48 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 227 of Meeus index or 1180 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 55 minutes. It is 50 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠321.7°
The true anomaly is ∠321.7°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠340.3°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 6 May 2018 at 00:35 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 17 May 2018 at 21:06 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 371 893 km
The Moon is 371 893 km (231 084 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 363 777 km (226 041 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 7 May 2018 at 10:24 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 20 May 2018 at 13:13 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 4 May 2018 at 23:00 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.562°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.652° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 May 2018 at 15:02 in ♋ Cancer.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
