New
Moon* ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 20 December 2025 at 01:43 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1775" and ∠1950".
Wolf Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2026 after 14 days on 3 January 2026 at 10:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 20 December 2025 at 01:43
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 27 December 2025 at 19:10
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 3 January 2026 at 10:03
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 10 January 2026 at 15:48
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 320 / 1273
At 06:47 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 320 of Meeus index or 1273 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 56 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2025. It is 47 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 6 hours and 12 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 51 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠181.4°
The true anomaly is ∠181.4°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠207°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 17 December 2025 at 06:09 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 January 2026 at 21:43 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 403 858 km
The Moon is 403 858 km (250 946 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 348 km (223 910 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 11 December 2025 at 07:35 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 25 December 2025 at 22:03 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 23:18 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-28.233°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2025. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠28.265° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 2 January 2026 at 08:20.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
