Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
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 ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 21 February 2031 at 15:49 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 is entering ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1922" and ∠1940".
Worm Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2031 after 15 days on 9 March 2031 at 04:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 1 March 2031 at 04:02
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 9 March 2031 at 04:30
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 March 2031 at 06:36
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 23 March 2031 at 03:49
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 385 / 1338
At 15:49 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 385 of Meeus index or 1338 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 8 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 44 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 25 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠41.9°
The true anomaly is ∠41.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠70.3°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 19 February 2031 at 00:35 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 2 March 2031 at 18:57 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 372 916 km
The Moon is 372 916 km (231 719 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 533 km (251 365 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 15 February 2031 at 11:21 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 February 2031 at 11:02 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
6 days 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
4 days since the previous standstill on 16 February 2031 at 13:25 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.615°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠21.491° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 March 2031 at 20:54 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.
