Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
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 less than 1 day young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* 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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1784" and ∠1950".
Wolf Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2026 after 13 days on 3 January 2026 at 10:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- 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
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 18 January 2026 at 19:52
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 321 / 1274
At 01:43 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 321 of Meeus index or 1274 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours 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 5 hours and 25 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 38 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠207°
The true anomaly is ∠207°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠239°.
Moon after apogee
3 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 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 January 2026 at 21:43 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 401 691 km
The Moon is 401 691 km (249 599 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 348 km (223 910 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 11 December 2025 at 07:35 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 25 December 2025 at 22:03 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
21 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 after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 19 December 2025 at 23:18 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.233°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.265° at the point of next northern standstill on 2 January 2026 at 08:20 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.
