Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
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 ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 19 August 2020 at 02:41 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 is entering ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1936" and ∠1896".
Harvest Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2020 after 13 days on 2 September 2020 at 05:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 25 August 2020 at 17:58
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 September 2020 at 05:22
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 10 September 2020 at 09:26
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 17 September 2020 at 11:00
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 255 / 1208
At 02:42 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 255 of Meeus index or 1208 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 19 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2020. It is 12 minutes shorter 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 26 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 44 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠322.3°
The true anomaly is ∠322.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠341.2°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 9 August 2020 at 13:51 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 21 August 2020 at 10:59 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 370 234 km
The Moon is 370 234 km (230 053 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 363 513 km (225 877 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 14 August 2020 at 19:22 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 27 August 2020 at 11:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 15 August 2020 at 20:40 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.152°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.219° at the point of next southern standstill on 28 August 2020 at 14:06 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.
