Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
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 1 day young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 6 June 2024 at 12:38 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 ∠16° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1891" and ∠1891".
Strawberry Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2024 after 15 days on 22 June 2024 at 01:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 14 June 2024 at 05:18
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 22 June 2024 at 01:08
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 28 June 2024 at 21:53
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 5 July 2024 at 22:57
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 302 / 1255
At 12:38 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 302 of Meeus index or 1255 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 20 minutes. It is 1 hour and 56 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 2 hours and 24 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 45 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠60.7°
The true anomaly is ∠60.7°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠93.2°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 2 June 2024 at 07:23 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 14 June 2024 at 13:36 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 379 044 km
The Moon is 379 044 km (235 527 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 078 km (251 082 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 2 June 2024 at 03:08 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 15 June 2024 at 20:17 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
4 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 before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 25 May 2024 at 19:58 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.401°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠28.365° at the point of next northern standstill on 7 June 2024 at 16:40 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.
