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Moon ♍ Virgo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 24 August 2033 at 21:40 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♍ Virgo later.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1797" and ∠1898".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2033 after 15 days on 9 September 2033 at 02:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 2 September 2033 at 02:24
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 9 September 2033 at 02:20
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 15 September 2033 at 17:34
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 23 September 2033 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 416 / 1369
At 21:40 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 416 of Meeus index or 1369 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 49 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 47 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠140.6°
The true anomaly is ∠140.6°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠166.6°.
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of perigee on 12 August 2033 at 21:22 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 28 August 2033 at 15:27 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 398 775 km
The Moon is 398 775 km (247 787 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 762 km (252 129 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 14 August 2033 at 11:54 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 28 August 2033 at 07:12 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
23 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 after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 19 August 2033 at 17:46 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.456°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.364° at the point of next southern standstill on 3 September 2033 at 09:54 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.
