New Moon
New MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

New Moon in Gemini

New Moon on . The illuminated surface of the Moon is 0%. Lunar cycle is less than 1 day young.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 1 June 2030 at 06:21 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♊ Gemini

Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.

Strawberry Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2030 after 14 days on 15 June 2030 at 18:41.

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.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1892".

New lunation 376 / 1329

At 06:21 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 376 of Meeus index or lunation 1329 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.63 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 13 minutes. It is 1 hour and 36 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit 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 2 hours and 29 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 34 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠189°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠189° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠213.7°.

Moon after apogee

1 day since point of apogee on 31 May 2030 at 06:14 in ♉ Taurus the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 14 June 2030 at 23:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Distance to Moon 404 965 km

The Moon is 404 965 km (251 634 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 183 km (222 565 mi).

Moon in descending node

Moon is in descending node in ♊ Gemini at 17:30 crossing the ecliptic from North to South. Lunar position remains south of if for the upcoming 13 days until Moon's next ascending node later on 15 June 2030 at 05:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Moon at northern standstill

At 20:22 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠22.730°. Over the upcoming 13 days the lunar orbit is going to tilt southward to face maximum declination of ∠-22.735° at the point of next southern standstill in ♐ Sagittarius on 15 June 2030 at 07:44.

Draconic month

13 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the lunar cycle.

Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov