Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
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 less than 1 day young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 10 August 2029 at 01:56 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1915" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2029 after 13 days on 24 August 2029 at 01:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 August 2029 at 18:55
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 24 August 2029 at 01:51
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 1 September 2029 at 04:33
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 8 September 2029 at 10:44
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 366 / 1319
At 01:56 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 366 of Meeus index or 1319 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 49 minutes. It is 19 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 3 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠309.2°
The true anomaly is ∠309.2°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠331.3°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 1 August 2029 at 10:42 in ♈ Aries. 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 13 August 2029 at 09:55 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 374 234 km
The Moon is 374 234 km (232 538 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 368 km (227 651 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 6 August 2029 at 20:21 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 19 August 2029 at 15:32 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
18 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
4 days since the previous standstill on 5 August 2029 at 14:53 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.323°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.253° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 August 2029 at 13:12 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.
