New
Moon ♑ Capricorn
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 ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 7 January 2027 at 20:24 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2027 after 15 days on 22 January 2027 at 12:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 15 January 2027 at 20:34
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 22 January 2027 at 12:17
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 29 January 2027 at 10:55
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 6 February 2027 at 15:56
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 334 / 1287
At 20:24 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 334 of Meeus index or 1287 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 32 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2027. It is 1 hour and 59 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 48 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 15 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠184.3°
The true anomaly is ∠184.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠210.4°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 08:10. It is 13 days after previous perigee on 24 December 2026 at 08:30 in ♋ Cancer. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next perigee on 21 January 2027 at 21:49 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 406 610 km
This apogee Moon is 406 610 km (252 656 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's farthest apogee of 2027. It is 1 202 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 99 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 27 December 2026 at 07:55 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 10 January 2027 at 15:58 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
23 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 southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 5 January 2027 at 20:46 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.636°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.682° at the point of next northern standstill on 19 January 2027 at 23:16 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.
