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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.
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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
29 days, 15 hours and 16 minutes is the length of new lunation 389. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2031. It is 24 minutes longer than next lunation 390 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 31 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 31 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠165.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠165.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠188.7°. 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 apogee
12 days after point of perigee on 6 June 2031 at 12:11 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 21 June 2031 at 11:25 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 404 077 km
Moon is 404 077 km (251 082 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 452 km (252 558 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 17 June 2031 at 09:18 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 1 July 2031 at 18:35 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 02:22 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠21.105°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-21.077° in its southern standstill point on 3 July 2031 at 05:15 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.