New Moon
New MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

New Moon in Virgo

New Moon on . The illuminated surface of the Moon is 0%. Lunar cycle is 1 day young.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 2 September 2035 at 01:59 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon is entering ♍ Virgo

Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.

Harvest Moon after 16 days

Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2035 after 16 days on 17 September 2035 at 14:23.

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.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1927" and ∠1901".

New lunation 440 / 1393

At 17:12 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 440 of Meeus index or lunation 1393 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.37 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 48 minutes. It is 2 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit 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 56 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 13 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠25.6°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠25.6° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠46.4°.

Moon after perigee

2 days since point of perigee on 30 August 2035 at 02:28 in ♋ Cancer the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 10 September 2035 at 23:26 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Distance to Moon 372 057 km

The Moon is 372 057 km (231 186 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 365 km (251 261 mi).

Moon in ascending node

Moon is in ascending node in ♌ Leo at 19:14 crossing the ecliptic from South to North. Lunar position remains north of if for the upcoming 14 days until Moon's next descending node later on 16 September 2035 at 02:58 in ♓ Pisces.

Moon after northern standstill

3 days since the last northern standstill on 28 August 2035 at 17:25 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.744° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.755° at the point of next southern standstill on 11 September 2035 at 06:40 in ♑ Capricorn.

New draconic month

At 19:14 in the point ot ascending node the Moon is completing the last draconic month and is entering a new one while the lunar orbit is crossing the ecliptic from South to North.

Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov