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 22 July 2028 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 in ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1931" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2028 after 14 days on 5 August 2028 at 08:10.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 22 July 2028 at 03:02
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 July 2028 at 17:40
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 5 August 2028 at 08:10
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 13 August 2028 at 11:45
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 352 / 1305
At 18:27 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 352 of Meeus index or 1305 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 34 minutes. It is 52 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 4 hours and 10 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 59 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠308.1°
The true anomaly is ∠308.1°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠330.4°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 11 July 2028 at 22:26 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 July 2028 at 22:14 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 371 257 km
The Moon is 371 257 km (230 688 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 633 km (224 708 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♋ Cancer at 16:09 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 3 August 2028 at 16:20 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 19 July 2028 at 07:49 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.940°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.931° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 August 2028 at 00:38 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.
