Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
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 ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 17 April 2026 at 11:52 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♉ Taurus later.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1942" and ∠1911".
Flower Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2026 after 14 days on 1 May 2026 at 17:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 24 April 2026 at 02:32
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 1 May 2026 at 17:23
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 9 May 2026 at 21:10
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 May 2026 at 20:01
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 325 / 1278
At 11:52 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 325 of Meeus index or 1278 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.34 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 9 minutes. It is 1 hour and 16 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 35 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 34 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠330.4°
The true anomaly is ∠330.4°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠347.5°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 7 April 2026 at 08:32 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 April 2026 at 06:57 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 369 080 km
The Moon is 369 080 km (229 336 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 631 km (224 707 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 13 April 2026 at 23:43 in ♓ Pisces. 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 26 April 2026 at 14:36 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 8 April 2026 at 05:01 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.291°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.210° at the point of next northern standstill on 21 April 2026 at 11:12 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.
