Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
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 ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 11 September 2026 at 03:27 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1881" and ∠1906".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2026 after 15 days on 26 September 2026 at 16:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 18 September 2026 at 20:44
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 September 2026 at 16:49
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 3 October 2026 at 13:25
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 10 October 2026 at 15:50
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 330 / 1283
At 03:27 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 330 of Meeus index or 1283 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 23 minutes. It is 2 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the 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 21 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 48 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠61.3°
The true anomaly is ∠61.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠94.5°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 6 September 2026 at 20:26 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 19 September 2026 at 03:00 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 381 073 km
The Moon is 381 073 km (236 788 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 217 km (251 169 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 9 September 2026 at 19:17 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 24 September 2026 at 02:40 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 5 September 2026 at 06:12 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.109°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.065° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 September 2026 at 18:54 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
