New
Moon* ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
New Moon
New Moon is the lunar phase on . Surface of the Moon disc is not illuminated. The 1 day young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 18 May 2034 at 03:12 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1897".
Strawberry Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2034 after 15 days on 2 June 2034 at 03:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 18 May 2034 at 03:12
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 24 May 2034 at 23:57
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 2 June 2034 at 03:54
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 9 June 2034 at 19:44
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 424 / 1377
At 19:26 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 424 of Meeus index or 1377 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.32 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 47 minutes. It is 34 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 4 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠353.9°
The true anomaly is ∠353.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠9°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 14:28. It is 14 days after previous apogee on 3 May 2034 at 06:24 in ♏ Scorpio. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next apogee on 30 May 2034 at 11:23 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 357 645 km
This perigee Moon is 357 645 km (222 230 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 863 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 12 711 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 14 May 2034 at 10:17 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 27 May 2034 at 04:57 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
17 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
10 days since the previous standstill on 7 May 2034 at 09:07 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.290°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.340° at the point of next northern standstill on 20 May 2034 at 06:51 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.
