New
Moon* ♏ Scorpio
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 ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 20 November 2025 at 06:47 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1942".
Cold Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2025 after 15 days on 4 December 2025 at 23:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 20 November 2025 at 06:47
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 28 November 2025 at 06:59
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 4 December 2025 at 23:14
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 11 December 2025 at 20:52
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 319 / 1272
At 12:25 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 319 of Meeus index or 1272 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.77 days
29 days, 18 hours and 22 minutes is the length of new lunation 319. It is 34 minutes shorter than next lunation 320 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 38 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 25 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠156.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠156.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠181.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of perigee on 5 November 2025 at 22:29 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 20 November 2025 at 02:48 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 405 323 km
Moon is 405 323 km (251 856 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 693 km (252 707 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 14 November 2025 at 06:38 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 28 November 2025 at 21:33 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
17 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 8 November 2025 at 11:41 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.387°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.295° in the next southern standstill on 22 November 2025 at 18:12 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun on this date and this alignment forms Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.