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Moon ♏ Scorpio
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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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 14 October 2023 at 17:55 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1800" and ∠1924".
Hunter Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2023 after 14 days on 28 October 2023 at 20:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 22 October 2023 at 03:29
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 28 October 2023 at 20:24
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 5 November 2023 at 08:37
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 13 November 2023 at 09:27
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 294 / 1247
At 17:55 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 294 of Meeus index or 1247 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 32 minutes. It is 1 hour and 27 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 2 hours and 48 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 15 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠232.5°
The true anomaly is ∠232.5°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠269.5°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 10 October 2023 at 03:41 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 26 October 2023 at 02:53 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 398 121 km
The Moon is 398 121 km (247 381 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 873 km (226 722 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after ascending node on 30 September 2023 at 16:49 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 15 October 2023 at 01:11 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the first to the middle part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 5 October 2023 at 20:31 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.294°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.305° at the point of next southern standstill on 20 October 2023 at 09:19 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.
