New
Moon* ♎ Libra
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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 18 October 2028 at 02:57 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1926".
Beaver Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2028 after 15 days on 2 November 2028 at 09:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 18 October 2028 at 02:57
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 25 October 2028 at 04:53
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 2 November 2028 at 09:17
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 9 November 2028 at 21:26
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 355 / 1308
At 18:24 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 355 of Meeus index or 1308 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 33 minutes. It is 1 hour and 48 minutes 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 11 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 58 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠2.9°
The true anomaly is ∠2.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠18.5°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 00:41. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 1 October 2028 at 21:38 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 11 days, until point of next apogee on 29 October 2028 at 06:55 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 359 010 km
This perigee Moon is 359 010 km (223 078 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 498 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 11 346 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 11 October 2028 at 11:37 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 October 2028 at 23:55 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
20 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 before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 9 October 2028 at 07:11 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.447°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.357° at the point of next southern standstill on 21 October 2028 at 21:48 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.
