Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
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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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 6 May 2027 at 10:58 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1906" and ∠1902".
Flower Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2027 after 13 days on 20 May 2027 at 10:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 13 May 2027 at 04:44
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 20 May 2027 at 10:59
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 28 May 2027 at 13:58
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 4 June 2027 at 19:40
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 338 / 1291
At 10:59 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 338 of Meeus index or 1291 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
29 days, 8 hours and 42 minutes is the length of new lunation 338. It is 1 hour and 20 minutes longer than next lunation 339 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 2 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 7 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠308.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠308.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠330.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 27 April 2027 at 21:21 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 9 May 2027 at 20:07 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 376 133 km
Moon is 376 133 km (233 718 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 635 km (227 816 mi).
Moon before descending node
6 days after its ascending node on 29 April 2027 at 13:24 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 May 2027 at 17:03 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
6 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 25 April 2027 at 01:45 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.312°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.225° in the next northern standstill on 9 May 2027 at 01:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun on this date and this alignment forms Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.