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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 ♊ Gemini.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 19 June 2031 at 22:25 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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2031 after 15 days on 4 July 2031 at 19:01.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 June 2031 at 00:19
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 4 July 2031 at 19:01
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 11 July 2031 at 11:50
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 19 July 2031 at 13:40
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 389 / 1342
At 22:25 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 389 of Meeus index or 1342 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 16 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2031. It is 24 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 31 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 31 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠165.9°
The true anomaly is ∠165.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠188.7°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 6 June 2031 at 12:11 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 day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 June 2031 at 11:25 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 404 077 km
The Moon is 404 077 km (251 082 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 452 km (252 558 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 17 June 2031 at 09:18 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 1 July 2031 at 18:35 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at northern standstill
At 02:22 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠21.105°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-21.077° at the point of next standstill in ♐ Sagittarius on 3 July 2031 at 05:15.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
