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Moon phase on 12 May 2021 Wednesday is New Moon, 1 day young Moon is in Taurus.

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Lunar calendar 2021 | May 2021

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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 11 May 2021 at 19:00 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 ♉ Taurus

Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1899".

Flower Moon after 13 days

Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2021 after 13 days on 26 May 2021 at 11:14.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 19 May 2021 at 19:13
  • Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 26 May 2021 at 11:14
  • Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 2 June 2021 at 07:24
  • New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 10 June 2021 at 10:53

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 264 / 1217

At 19:00 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 264 of Meeus index or 1217 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.66 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 53 minutes. It is 1 hour and 29 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 longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 54 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠178.9°

The true anomaly is ∠178.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠202.3°.

Moon after apogee

1 day after point of apogee on 11 May 2021 at 21:54 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 26 May 2021 at 01:52 in ♏ Scorpio.

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Distance to Moon 405 349 km

The Moon is 405 349 km (251 872 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 310 km (222 022 mi).

Moon before ascending node

13 days after descending node on 29 April 2021 at 09:18 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 13 May 2021 at 10:29 in ♊ Gemini.

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Draconic month

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

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Moon before northern standstill

11 days since the previous standstill on 1 May 2021 at 09:37 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-25.591°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠25.640° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 May 2021 at 22:25 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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