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Moon phase on 16 October 2020 Friday is New Moon, 1 day young Moon is in Libra.

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Lunar calendar 2020 | October 2020

New Moon phase
New Moon phase
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 ♎ Libra.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 16 October 2020 at 19:31 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 ♎ Libra

Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1925".

Hunter Moon after 15 days

Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2020 after 15 days on 31 October 2020 at 14:49.

Upcoming main Moon phases

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 257 / 1210

At 19:31 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 257 of Meeus index or 1210 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.4 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 36 minutes. It is 1 hour and 33 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 3 hours and 8 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 1 minute longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠357°

The true anomaly is ∠357°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠12.4°.

Moon at perigee

Moon is at perigee at 23:46. It is 13 days after previous apogee on 3 October 2020 at 17:22 in ♈ Aries. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next apogee on 30 October 2020 at 18:46 in ♈ Aries.

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Distance to Moon 356 913 km

This perigee Moon is 356 913 km (221 775 mi) away from Earth. It is 5 595 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 13 443 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.

Moon before descending node

8 days after ascending node on 8 October 2020 at 00:29 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 20 October 2020 at 15:53 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Draconic month

8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon before southern standstill

6 days since the previous standstill on 9 October 2020 at 13:07 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.613°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.708° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 October 2020 at 02:00 in ♑ Capricorn.

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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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