New
Moon* ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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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 ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 18 June 2023 at 04:37 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 in ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1818" and ∠1889".
Buck Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2023 after 15 days on 3 July 2023 at 11:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 18 June 2023 at 04:37
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 26 June 2023 at 07:50
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 3 July 2023 at 11:39
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 10 July 2023 at 01:48
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 289 / 1242
At 15:53 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 289 of Meeus index or 1242 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 44 minutes. It is 1 hour and 11 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 same as the mean
The length of the current synodic month is equal to the mean synodic month length. It is %hours_to_shortest% and %minutes_to_shortest% longer than the 21st century's shortest and %hours_to_longest% and %minutes_to_longest% shorter than the 21st century's longest synodic months.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠92.6°
The true anomaly is ∠92.6°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠127.4°.
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of perigee on 6 June 2023 at 23:07 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 22 June 2023 at 18:30 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 394 244 km
The Moon is 394 244 km (244 972 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 385 km (251 895 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 14 June 2023 at 00:05 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 June 2023 at 12:22 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 5 June 2023 at 16:21 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.866°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠27.833° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 June 2023 at 21:07 in ♊ Gemini.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
