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Moon phase on 6 July 2024 Saturday is New Moon, 1 day young Moon is in Cancer.

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Lunar calendar 2024 | July 2024

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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 ♋ Cancer.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 5 July 2024 at 22:57 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 ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1834" and ∠1887".

Buck Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2024 after 14 days on 21 July 2024 at 10:17.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 13 July 2024 at 22:49
  • Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 21 July 2024 at 10:17
  • Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 July 2024 at 02:51
  • New Moon in Leo ♌ on 4 August 2024 at 11:13

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 303 / 1256

At 22:57 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 303 of Meeus index or 1256 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.51 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 27 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 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠93.2°

The true anomaly is ∠93.2°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠127.3°.

Moon before perigee

9 days after point of perigee on 27 June 2024 at 11:45 in ♓ Pisces. 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 12 July 2024 at 08:12 in ♎ Libra.

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Distance to Moon 390 827 km

The Moon is 390 827 km (242 849 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 363 km (251 260 mi).

Moon before descending node

7 days after ascending node on 29 June 2024 at 04:26 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 12 July 2024 at 22:27 in ♎ Libra.

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Draconic month

7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon after northern standstill

1 day since the previous standstill on 5 July 2024 at 00:08 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.352°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.404° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 July 2024 at 10:59 in ♑ Capricorn.

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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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