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Moon ♉ Taurus
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 ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 13 April 2029 at 21:40 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1913".
Pink Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2029 after 14 days on 28 April 2029 at 10:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 21 April 2029 at 19:50
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 28 April 2029 at 10:37
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 5 May 2029 at 09:48
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 13 May 2029 at 13:42
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 362 / 1315
At 21:40 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 362 of Meeus index or 1315 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 2 minutes. It is 1 hour and 54 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 18 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 45 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠188.3°
The true anomaly is ∠188.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠213.4°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 12 April 2029 at 23:04 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 27 April 2029 at 16:24 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 405 439 km
The Moon is 405 439 km (251 928 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 14 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 829 km (222 345 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 5 April 2029 at 05:50 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 19 April 2029 at 21:27 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 3 April 2029 at 19:08 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.661°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠24.526° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 April 2029 at 10:56 in ♊ Gemini.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
