Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
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 ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 29 October 2027 at 13:36 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1889" and ∠1932".
Beaver Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2027 after 15 days on 14 November 2027 at 03:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 6 November 2027 at 08:00
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 14 November 2027 at 03:26
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 November 2027 at 00:48
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 November 2027 at 03:24
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 344 / 1297
At 13:36 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 344 of Meeus index or 1297 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 48 minutes. It is 3 hours 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 4 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 59 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠61.7°
The true anomaly is ∠61.7°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠96°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 25 October 2027 at 05:36 in ♍ Virgo. 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 6 November 2027 at 11:37 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 379 534 km
The Moon is 379 534 km (235 831 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 183 km (251 148 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 23 October 2027 at 08:15 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 November 2027 at 16:54 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
19 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 before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 20 October 2027 at 01:41 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.793°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.700° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 November 2027 at 01:17 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.
