Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 5 December 2029 at 14:52 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1958" and ∠1947".
Cold Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2029 after 15 days on 20 December 2029 at 22:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 12 December 2029 at 17:49
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 20 December 2029 at 22:46
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 December 2029 at 09:49
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 4 January 2030 at 02:49
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 370 / 1323
At 14:52 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 370 of Meeus index or 1323 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 21 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 47 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 22 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠19.9°
The true anomaly is ∠19.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠39.8°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 4 December 2029 at 10:38 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 December 2029 at 13:58 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 365 990 km
The Moon is 365 990 km (227 416 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 520 km (251 978 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 23 November 2029 at 08:55 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 December 2029 at 09:51 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 21:50 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-23.574°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2029. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠23.577° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 20 December 2029 at 00:22.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
