New
Moon* ♏ Scorpio
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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 23 October 2033 at 07:28 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1929".
Beaver Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2033 after 15 days on 6 November 2033 at 20:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 23 October 2033 at 07:28
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 31 October 2033 at 04:46
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 6 November 2033 at 20:32
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 13 November 2033 at 20:09
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 417 / 1370
At 13:40 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 417 of Meeus index or 1370 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 49 minutes. It is 22 minutes shorter 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 5 hours and 5 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 58 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠166.6°
The true anomaly is ∠166.6°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠190.3°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 03:15. It is 13 days after previous perigee on 8 October 2033 at 12:11 in ♈ Aries. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next perigee on 5 November 2033 at 23:57 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 406 439 km
This apogee Moon is 406 439 km (252 549 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 031 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 270 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 21 October 2033 at 19:04 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 4 November 2033 at 16:35 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 13 October 2033 at 07:00 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.284°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.327° at the point of next southern standstill on 27 October 2033 at 23:48 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.
