New
Moon* ♉ Taurus
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 ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 29 April 2033 at 02:46 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 is entering ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1959" and ∠1905".
Flower Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2033 after 15 days on 14 May 2033 at 10:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 29 April 2033 at 02:46
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 6 May 2033 at 06:45
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 14 May 2033 at 10:43
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 21 May 2033 at 18:29
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 411 / 1364
At 17:51 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 411 of Meeus index or 1364 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes. It is 5 minutes longer 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 3 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠8.3°
The true anomaly is ∠8.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠25.1°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 27 April 2033 at 14:44 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 9 May 2033 at 16:25 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 365 918 km
The Moon is 365 918 km (227 371 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 167 km (251 759 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 27 April 2033 at 21:57 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 11 May 2033 at 17:56 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 19 April 2033 at 14:20 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.596°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.619° at the point of next northern standstill on 2 May 2033 at 06:31 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.
