New
Moon* ♑ Capricorn
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 ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 4 January 2030 at 02:49 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1935" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2030 after 16 days on 19 January 2030 at 15:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 4 January 2030 at 02:49
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 11 January 2030 at 14:06
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 19 January 2030 at 15:54
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 26 January 2030 at 18:14
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 1 January 2030 at 15:33 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 January 2030 at 08:51 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 370 338 km
The Moon is 370 338 km (230 117 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 647 km (251 436 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 2 January 2030 at 20:31 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 January 2030 at 22:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 2 January 2030 at 08:17 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.575°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠23.549° at the point of next northern standstill on 16 January 2030 at 08:26 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.
