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 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.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 47 minutes. It is 25 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 1 hour and 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠279.9°
The true anomaly is ∠279.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠310.2°.
Moon before apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 21 August 2030 at 22:49 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 4 September 2030 at 17:06 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 382 434 km
The Moon is 382 434 km (237 633 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 884 km (229 835 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 22 August 2030 at 08:09 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 4 September 2030 at 20:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
20 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 after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 22 August 2030 at 18:22 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.465°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.341° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 September 2030 at 08:00 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.
