Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
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 15 September 2023 at 01:40 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♎ Libra later.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1781" and ∠1908".
Harvest Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2023 after 13 days on 29 September 2023 at 09:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 September 2023 at 19:32
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 29 September 2023 at 09:57
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 6 October 2023 at 13:48
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 14 October 2023 at 17:55
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 293 / 1246
At 01:40 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 293 of Meeus index or 1246 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 15 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2023. It is 43 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 31 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 32 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠202.9°
The true anomaly is ∠202.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠232.5°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 12 September 2023 at 15:42 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 September 2023 at 01:05 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 402 536 km
The Moon is 402 536 km (250 124 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 911 km (223 638 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 3 September 2023 at 07:44 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 17 September 2023 at 19:18 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 8 September 2023 at 13:18 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.168°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.254° at the point of next southern standstill on 23 September 2023 at 03:42 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.
