Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
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 ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 31 August 2027 at 17:41 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1963" and ∠1901".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2027 after 15 days on 15 September 2027 at 23:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 7 September 2027 at 18:31
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 15 September 2027 at 23:04
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 23 September 2027 at 10:20
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 30 September 2027 at 02:36
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 342 / 1295
At 17:41 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 342 of Meeus index or 1295 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
29 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes is the length of new lunation 342. It is 2 hours and 5 minutes shorter than next lunation 343 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 20 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠18.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠18.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠36.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 30 August 2027 at 15:36 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 11 September 2027 at 23:39 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 365 205 km
Moon is 365 205 km (226 928 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 384 km (251 894 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 29 August 2027 at 23:01 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 12 September 2027 at 11:26 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 26 August 2027 at 14:14 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.172°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.122° in the next southern standstill on 8 September 2027 at 08:57 in ♐ Sagittarius.
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.