Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
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 ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 28 August 2030 at 23:07 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1874" and ∠1900".
Harvest Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2030 after 13 days on 11 September 2030 at 21:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 September 2030 at 21:55
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 September 2030 at 21:18
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 19 September 2030 at 19:56
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 27 September 2030 at 09:55
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 379 / 1332
At 23:07 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 379 of Meeus index or 1332 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
29 days, 10 hours and 47 minutes is the length of new lunation 379. It is 25 minutes longer than next lunation 380 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 57 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 12 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠279.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠279.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠310.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of apogee on 21 August 2030 at 22:49 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 September 2030 at 17:06 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 382 434 km
Moon is 382 434 km (237 633 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 884 km (229 835 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 22 August 2030 at 08:09 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 4 September 2030 at 20:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 22 August 2030 at 18:22 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠22.465°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-22.341° in the next southern standstill on 5 September 2030 at 08:00 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun on this date and this alignment forms Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.