New
Moon* ♋ Cancer
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 1 day young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 4 July 2027 at 03:02 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 is entering ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1959" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2027 after 15 days on 18 July 2027 at 15:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 4 July 2027 at 03:02
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 10 July 2027 at 18:39
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 18 July 2027 at 15:45
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 26 July 2027 at 16:55
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 339 / 1292
At 19:40 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 339 of Meeus index or 1292 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 22 minutes. It is 19 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 5 hours and 22 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 47 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 ∠347.4°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 22 June 2027 at 05:08 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 4 July 2027 at 20:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 365 801 km
The Moon is 365 801 km (227 298 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 284 km (222 627 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 22 June 2027 at 18:25 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 6 July 2027 at 02:14 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 2 July 2027 at 19:52 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.165°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.184° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 July 2027 at 20:16 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.
