New Moon
New MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

New Moon in Gemini

New Moon on . Illuminated surface of the Moon is 0%. Lunar cycle is less than 1 day young.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 15 June 2026 at 02:54 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.

Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon is entering ♊ Gemini

Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.

Strawberry Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2026 after 14 days on 29 June 2026 at 23:57.

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.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1889".

New lunation 327 / 1280

At 02:54 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 327 of Meeus index or lunation 1280 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.28 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 49 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2026. It is 1 hour and 4 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit 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 5 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠2.5°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠2.5° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠18°.

Moon after perigee

1 day since point of perigee on 14 June 2026 at 23:18 in ♊ Gemini the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 28 June 2026 at 07:11 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Distance to Moon 363 567 km

The Moon is 363 567 km (225 910 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 267 km (252 443 mi).

Moon before descending node

8 days after ascending node on 7 June 2026 at 06:19 in ♓ Pisces the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 19 June 2026 at 17:57 in ♌ Leo.

Moon at northern standstill

At 05:29 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠27.989°. Over the upcoming 13 days the lunar orbit is going to tilt southward to face maximum declination of ∠-27.988° at the point of next southern standstill in ♐ Sagittarius on 28 June 2026 at 22:06.

Draconic month

8 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♓ Pisces the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov