New
Moon ♈ Aries
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 27 March 2036 at 20:57 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 is entering ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1827" and ∠1922".
Pink Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2036 after 14 days on 10 April 2036 at 20:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 4 April 2036 at 00:03
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 10 April 2036 at 20:22
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 18 April 2036 at 14:06
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 26 April 2036 at 09:33
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 448 / 1401
At 20:57 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 448 of Meeus index or 1401 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 36 minutes. It is 2 hours and 52 minutes longer 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 8 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 1 minute longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠258.5°
The true anomaly is ∠258.5°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠292.8°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 21 March 2036 at 21:41 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 6 April 2036 at 09:36 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 392 402 km
The Moon is 392 402 km (243 827 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 619 km (229 049 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 24 March 2036 at 11:54 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 April 2036 at 19:59 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 20 March 2036 at 12:11 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.336°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.439° at the point of next northern standstill on 3 April 2036 at 13:10 in ♋ Cancer.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
