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Moon phase on 4 May 2019 Saturday is New Moon, 1 day young Moon is in Taurus.

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Lunar calendar 2019 | May 2019

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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 ♉ Taurus.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 4 May 2019 at 22:45 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 ♉ Taurus

Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1831" and ∠1903".

Flower Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2019 after 14 days on 18 May 2019 at 21:11.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 12 May 2019 at 01:12
  • Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 18 May 2019 at 21:11
  • Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 26 May 2019 at 16:33
  • New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 3 June 2019 at 10:02

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 239 / 1192

At 22:45 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 239 of Meeus index or 1192 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.47 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 2 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 1 hour and 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠263°

The true anomaly is ∠263°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠296.1°.

Moon after apogee

5 days after point of apogee on 28 April 2019 at 18:20 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 13 May 2019 at 21:53 in ♍ Virgo.

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Distance to Moon 391 394 km

The Moon is 391 394 km (243 201 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 017 km (229 297 mi).

Moon before ascending node

8 days after descending node on 25 April 2019 at 15:02 in ♑ Capricorn. 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 9 May 2019 at 18:50 in ♋ Cancer.

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Draconic month

21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.

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Moon before northern standstill

9 days since the previous standstill on 24 April 2019 at 21:22 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.125°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.243° at the point of next northern standstill on 9 May 2019 at 05:46 in ♋ Cancer.

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Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

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